The following is a list of writers living or residing in

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. This list includes writers of all genres and in any language. This is a subsidiary list to the List of Malaysians.

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Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir Abdullah bin Abdul al Kadir (1796–1854) ( ar, عبد الله بن عبد القادر ') also known as Munshi Abdullah, was a Malayan writer of mixed ancestry. He was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore and died in Jeddah, a part of th ...

(1796–1854) * Abdullah Hussain (1920–2014) * Adibah Amin. Writer, columnist, teacher, and actress. * Amir Muhammad (born 1972) * A Samad Said (born 1935)

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* Bernice Chauly

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* Dina Zaman

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Ee Tiang Hong Ee Tiang Hong (1933–1990) was a Malayan poet of Chinese ancestry. Born at Malacca during the British colonial period, Ee wrote poetry in English. His first book of poetry appeared in 1960. He was extremely disturbed by political developments in ...

(1933-1990), poet

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Faisal Tehrani Mohd Faizal Musa (born 7 August 1974), also known under the pen name Faisal Tehrani, is a Malaysian author and playwright. Due to the frequent writing and ideas he was known as a controversial person. He is the author of many books and literary ...

Farish A. Noor Farish Ahmad Noor (born in 1967 in Georgetown, Penang) is Professor at the Department of History, Faculty of the Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya. He was formerly attached to the Zentrum Moderner Orient ( Centre for Modern O ...

(born 1967), political scientist and historian. *

Fatimah Busu Fatimah Busu (born January 1943) is a Malaysian novelist, short-story writer, and academic. She is one of the leading contemporary authors of fiction in the Malay language, actively publishing since the 1970s. She is also the foremost Malay-langu ...

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* Huzir Sulaiman *

Zurinah Hassan Zurinah Hassan (born 13 June 1949) is a Malaysian national laureate. She is the first female writer to be conferred the title National Laureate which in Malaysia is officially known as Sasterawan Negara. Biography Zurinah Hassan was born in Alor ...

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* Chuah Guat Eng (born 1943). Malaysian Peranakan Chinese writer.

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* Khasnor Johan, historian

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Khoo Kheng-Hor Khoo Kheng-Hor (; born 2 March 1956) is a Malaysian author and speaker on contemporary application of the 500 BC Chinese military treatise, ''The Art of War'', by military strategist Sun Tzu. In the 1990s, Khoo was the first Sun Tzu student i ...

* Kee Thuan Chye

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* Mahathir Mohamad *

Munshi Abdullah Abdullah bin Abdul al Kadir (1796–1854) ( ar, عبد الله بن عبد القادر ') also known as Munshi Abdullah, was a Malayan writer of mixed ancestry. He was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore and died in Jeddah, a part of t ...

(1796–1854)

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* Kevin Nyiau *

Noordin Hassan Noordin Hassan (born January 18, 1929, Penang) is a Malaysian playwright, Malaysian National Laureate. Brief biography He received his secondary education in Malaysia, higher education in England (University of London The University of L ...

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Julya Oui Julya Oui is a Malaysian author, playwright and screenwriter, best known for her horror short story collections. Biography Originally from Taiping, Perak, in her youth, Oui taught herself poetry and fiction writing, as her family did not have t ...

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Preeta Samarasan Preeta Samarasan is a Malaysian author writing in English whose first novel, ''Evening Is the Whole Day'', won the Hopwood Novel Award (while she was doing her MFA at the University of Michigan), was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2 ...

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Rahimidin Zahari Rahimidin Zahari (March 28, 1968, Bachah, Keranji, Kelantan – May 14, 2015, Kuala Lumpur) was a Malaysian poet. Short biography In 2003, he graduated from the University of Sciences of Malaysia (Penang), department of fine arts. In the years ...

Ramlee Awang Murshid Ramlee Awang Murshid (born November 4, 1967 in Papar, Malaysia) is a Malaysian novelist of Bruneian Malay descent. Life and career He attended the Kapayan Primary School in Kota Kinabalu from 1974 to 1979 for his primary education and later gr ...

Rani Manicka Rani Manicka is a Malaysian-born novelist, who divides her time between Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Background, education Manicka grew up in Terengganu and attended the University of Malaysia, where she received a business degree. ''The R ...

Rehman Rashid Rehman Rashid (24 October 1955 – 3 June 2017) was a prominent Malaysian journalist and writer. Personal life and career Rehman is of mixed ethnicity of Eurasian and Indian Muslim. Born in Taiping, Perak, Rehman studied in the Malay College Ku ...

Ruhaini Matdarin Ruhaini Matdarin (born 16. 3. 1981, Kota Kinabalu) is a Malaysian writer from Sabah. Brief biography She is Kadazan by nationality. The eldest of three children in the family. In 2003, she graduated from the Faculty of Finance Management of t ...

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Shahnon Ahmad Dato' Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad (January 13, 1933 – December 26, 2017) was a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He was also a Professor Emeritus at Unive ...

, known as a National Laurate. * Shih-Li Kow. Shortlisted for the Frank

Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award __NOTOC__ The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award—named in honour of Frank O'Connor, who devoted much of his work to the form—was an international literary award presented for the best short story collection. It was presented betwe ...

Shirley Geok-Lin Lim Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944) is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. Her first collection of poems, ''Crossing The Peninsula'', published in 1980, won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, a first both for an Asian and for a ...

(born 1944). Malaysia-born American writer. * Stuart Danker, Malaysia-based author. * Syed Husin Ali Professor, politician and author of nearly 20 books. * Syed Hussein Alatas (1928-2007). Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organisations, and politician.

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* Tan Twan Eng. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. *

Tash Aw Tash Aw, whose full name is Aw Ta-Shi (; born 4 October 1971) is a Malaysian writer living in London. Biography Born in 1971 in Taipei, Taiwan, to Malaysian parents, Tash Aw returned to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of two, and grew up t ...

. Winner of the

Costa Book Awards The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, the ...

Best First Novel. * Tunku Halim. Writer and lawyer.

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Usman Awang Wan Osman Wan Awang, also known by his pen name Usman Awang (12 July 1929 – 29 November 2001) was a Malaysian poet, playwright, novelist and Malaysian National Laureate (1983). Brief biography Wan Osman was born into a poor peasant family ...

* Uthaya Sankar SB * thaya kumari

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