Wisran Hadi (born 27 June 1945, Padang, West Sumatra – died 28 June 2011, Padang) was an Indonesian writer. He graduated from the Indonesian Arts Academy (now Institut Seni Indonesia)

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, and won the Script Writing Competition held by the Jakarta Arts Council (JAC). He joined the International Writing Program at

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, United States, in 1977. He won an award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Indonesia). Wisran wrote a collection of four plays entitled "The Malays Four": "Senandung Peninsula", "Dara Orange", "Gading Cempaka" and "Cindua Mato" (which was awarded the

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in 2000). He also wrote the novels ''Guest'', ''Priest'', and ''Simpang'', as well as short stories such as "Autumn Leaves Mahogany Again".

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