::''The surname is Ches Husna; the given name is Azhari.'' Che Husna Azhari (born 8 November 1955) in Kota Bharu,

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Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in the ...

, is a

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n writer of literature.

Biography

Che Husna received a degree from

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, Seremban in 1973, and her A Levels from

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in 1975. In 1979, she received a degree from

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of West

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. In 1985, Che Husna was awarded a PhD in Response Engineering from Brunel University of West London. Che Husna is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, specialising in non-metallic materials processing. She also serves as the Director of the Center for Corporate Planning and Communications at that university. Che Husna’s writings are generally set in Kelantan, Malaysia, and her best known short stories are used as standard teaching texts in Malaysia. Her first English anthology, ''An Anthology of Kelantan Tales'' was published in 1992. Her latest work, ''An English Sojourn'' is set in the

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. She lives in Pinggiran,

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Works

* An English Sojourn. Selangor, Malaysia: Furada Publishing House, 2008. * The Rambutan Orchard. Bangi: Furada Publishing House, 1993 * Puisi Ambo. Furada Publishing House, 1995 * Kelantan Tales: An Anthology of Short Stories, Furada Publishing House, 1992

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100524020017/http://www.ukm.my/PORTAL/news181108.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110722232316/http://asiatic.iium.edu.my/v3n1/article/Amin_Malak/Amin_Malak.pdf * Malaysian writers Malaysian non-fiction writers Malaysian short story writers 1955 births Living people Malaysian women writers Women non-fiction writers Malaysian women short story writers Academic staff of the National University of Malaysia English-language writers from Malaysia People from Kelantan 20th-century Malaysian writers 21st-century Malaysian writers 20th-century non-fiction writers 21st-century non-fiction writers 20th-century Malaysian women writers 21st-century Malaysian women writers {{Malaysia-writer-stub