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[[Malay titles#Dato'|Dato']] [[Hajji|Haji]] '''Shahnon bin Ahmad''' (January 13, 1933 – December 26, 2017) was a [[Malaysia]]n [[List of Malaysian writers|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 [[Universiti Sains Malaysia]] in [[Penang]].

== Brief biography ==
Shahnon was born on 13 January 1933 as the youngest child to a peasant family in Banggol-Derdap, [[Sik District|Sik, Kedah]]; his father Ahmad Abu Bakar hailed from [[Medan]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] while Kelsum Mohd Saman was a [[Pattani Province|Pattani]] native whose father came to settle in Malaya from Kampong Poseng in southern Thailand in the late 19th century.<ref name="NST">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/pulse/2018/01/322214/remembering-literary-giant|title=Remembering a literary giant|last=Alan Teh Leam Seng|date=6 January 2018|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=15 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> Shahnon's father had been previously working as a staff at the surveyor department, then a postman until the [[Second World War]] when the British forces hired him as a clandestine spy.<ref name="NST" />

He and one sibling of his were able to attend their studies at the [[Sultan Abdul Hamid College]] in [[Alor Setar]] through financial aid provided by the [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|intelligence services]] as a reward to their father for his services - amidst common fears by most villagers that their children might embrace Christianity if they were educated in such schools at that time.<ref name="NST" /> After graduating from the school in 1954, he worked as a teacher in an English school in [[Kuala Terengganu]]. He served in the army from 1955 to 1956. After the stint, he worked as a teacher in various schools until 1967. In 1968 to 1971, he studied at the [[Australian National University]], Canberra.

After his graduation there, he taught at the [[Sultan Idris Education University]] in [[Tanjung Malim]], [[Perak]] until 1975. From that time to his death, he was connected with the [[University of Science, Malaysia]] in Penang which included being a professor of literature starting in 1982.

Shahnon was also a member of [[Opposition (Malaysia)|opposition]] political party [[Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)|Parti Islam Se-Malaysia]]. In the [[1999 Malaysian general election|1999 general election]], he contested in the [[List of Malaysian electoral districts|Parliamentary constituency]] of Sik (P.13) in which he won. He did not contest in the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 general election]] which saw PAS losing that seat to [[Barisan Nasional]].<ref>[http://www.pilihanraya.com.my/english/parliamentKedah.asp General Election Malaysia: Kedah] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106181108/http://www.pilihanraya.com.my/English/parliamentKedah.asp |date=6 January 2006 }}</ref>

== Literary career ==
The first works were published in 1950s - he began his writing as an interpreter and a writer of short stories. In 1965, he made his debut as a novelist, releasing the novel ''Rentong'' ("Till Ashes"), a drama of characters taking place in a Malay village. The different types of attitude to reality are revealed and demonstrated by its narrative and main characters.<ref>Literature. - Malaysia. Reference Book. Moscow: Nauka Publishers, 1987, p. 316</ref>

Shahnon published several highly topical "urban" novels since. "Minister" (1967) paid tribute to Malay nationalism.<ref>Victor A Pogadaev. Shahnon penulis dikagumi dunia // Berita Harian 1-January-2018</ref> His next novel, one of his most famous ones, ''Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan'' ("No Harvest but a Thorn", 1966) tells about a peasant family fighting not for life, but for death with nature in the struggle for existence; ''Srengenge'' (1973)—which won the Malaysian Novel of the Year in 1974—portrays a village enthusiast and reformer defeated by the ancient, pagan-based feelings and sentiments of his fellow countrymen; "Seluang Menodak Baung” (How the smalls defeated an elephant, 1978), reveals the complex process of peasant consciousness awakening in the course of the struggle for land distinguished by a sharp social orientation, psychological reliability and a wonderful style; and the "Lamunan Puitis" ("Poetic Thinking", 2003) trilogy<ref>Shahnon Ahmad. - Pogadaev, V. A. Malaysia. Pocket encyclopedia. Moscow: Publishing house "Muravei-Gide", 2000, p. 332-333</ref> among others.

Some of his works were inspired by religious motives, and several novels are written in the genre of caustic satire on the leadership of the country: ''Shit'' (1998); ''Maha Maha'' ("Great Worlds", 1999); ''Muntah'' ("Nausea", 2000).<ref>Shahnon Ahmad. - Pogadaev, VA. Malay World (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore). Lingvostranovedchesky Dictionary, M .: Vostochnaya Kniga, 2012, p. 596</ref> He wrote not only novels, but also stories (the collection "Anjing-anjing'' - "Dogs", 1964)'', plays and essays.

=== Adaptations ===
''Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan'' (1966) was adapted into a 1983 Malaysian film of the same name directed by Jamil Sulong<ref>Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan. (February 1983). ''Variafilem''. pp . 48—49</ref> and a 1994 Cambodian film called ''[[Rice People]]'' directed by [[Rithy Panh]], while ''Srengenge'' (1973) was adapted into a television film by [[Radio Televisyen Malaysia]] in May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myklik.rtm.gov.my/telemovie/54366|title=Srengenge|website=My Klik - Radio Televisyen Malaysia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824033958/http://myklik.rtm.gov.my/telemovie/54366|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=dead|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref>

==Death==
He died from [[pneumonia]] at 8 a.m on 26 December 2017 at the age of 84 in the KPJ Hospital in Kajang, Selangor;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2017/12/367484/sasterawan-negara-shahnon-ahmad-meninggal-dunia|title=Sasterawan Negara, Shahnon Ahmad meninggal dunia|date=26 December 2017|work=[[Berita Harian]]|access-date=28 December 2017|language=ms}}</ref> leaving behind his wife Wan Fatimah (aged 82), four children between the ages of 54 to 58, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/bahasa/g/29564/|title=Perjalanan akhir Shahnon Ahmad, sasterawan rakyat|last=Hasnoor Hussain|date=27 December 2017|website=[[The Malaysian Insight]]|language=ms|trans-title=The final journey of Shahnon Ahmad, the people's laureate|access-date=28 December 2017}}</ref> His remains were laid to rest at the Bandar Baru Bangi Muslim Cemetery the next day.<ref name=":0" />

== Awards ==
* Literary Prize of Malaysia (1972)
* Award "The Champion of Literature" (1976)
* [[Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah]] by the Sultan of Kedah in 1980, giving him the title "Datuk"
* State Literary Prize and Title "National Laureate" (1982)
* ASEAN Literary Prize (1990)
* [[Mastera Literary Award]] (2010, 2011)

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* Shahnon Ahmad (2006). ''Perjalanan Sejauh Ini: Sebuah Autobiografi'' (Such a long way: an autobiography). Sungai Petani: Yusran Publishing House (reprinted in 2012).
* ''Pemikiran Sasterawan Negara Shahnon Ahmad'' (Thinking of the National Writer Shahnon Ahmad). Kuala Lumpur: DBP, 2012.
* Anwar Ridhwan. ''Pemikiran kritis Shahnon Ahmad dalam novel-novel pilihan'' (Shahnon Ahmad's critical thinking in selected novels). - Seminar Pemikiran Sasterawan Negara Shahnon Ahmad (Materials of the seminar on the thinking of the National Writer Shahnon Ahmad). Kuala Lumpur, 13–14 November 2007.
* Mohd. Yusof Hasan (2009). ''Pemikiran Global Sasterawan Negara Shahnon Ahmad'' (Global thinking of the National writer Shakhnon Ahmad). Tanjung Malim: Penerbit UPSI. {{ISBN|978-983-3759-45-3}}

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311092421/http://www.kakiseni.com.my/articles/colums/MTA2Mg.html Shahnon Ahmad's profile from Kakiseni.com]

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