Adibah Amin ( Malay. Adibah Amin ); ( February 19, 1936 , Johor Bahru , Johor ) - Malaysian writer, writing in Malay and English, translator, film actress. The daughter of a well-known female movement activist Zaynun Suleiman. The real name is Khalidah Adibah.
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 Malaysian writer Adiba Amin (1987) | |
| Birth name | Khalidah Adibah |
| Date of Birth | February 19, 1936 (83 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Johor Bahru , Johor |
| Citizenship | Malaysia |
| Occupation | writer, translator, film actress |
| Father | Amin Bin Suleiman |
| Mother | Zaynun Suleiman |
| Awards and prizes | Prize for the best performance of a supporting role in the film "Spoiled Sister" (1980); Southeast Asian Literature Prize (1983); Esso Gapen Award for Contribution to Literature (1991; Outstanding Journalist of the Union of Malay Journalists of Malaysia (1996); Johor Literary Award (1996); Tun Razak Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education and Establishing Mutual Understanding and Harmony between National Communities of Malaysia (1998); National Translator's Award (2012); Special Journalism Award from the Malaysian Press Institute (2013); Title “Outstanding Malay Worker” (2014) |
Short Biography
She graduated from English high school and the University of Malaya (1957). Since 1958, she taught English at the Malay College for Girls in Kuala Lumpur . In 1970 she became the director of the Sri Putri school and a teacher at the Language Institute. From 1971 to 1984, he was a journalist for the New Streets Times, and in the 1990s, for the Star newspaper.
Creativity
It was also published under the pseudonym Sri Delima. The novel in the Malay language “The True Aristocrat” (1950), “The Lotus is Still in the Pond” (1972; translated into Japanese in 1986), “Far but Unforgettable Places” (1985) and in English “The End of the Rainbow” (2006) , more than 200 radio plays, numerous stories. She collaborated with the Star and New Streets Times, where she published articles on how to speak Malay [1]
He is also engaged in literary translation from Malay into English: “Spines on the Road” by Shahnon Ahmad and “The Jungle of Hope” by Chris Mas , poetry by Usman Avant . She starred in three films: Spoiled Sister, 1980), Heart Is Not a Crystal (1989), Mat Som (1990) [2] .
Rewards
- Prize for Best Supporting Role in the movie Spoiled Sister (1980)
- Southeast Asian Literature Award (1983)
- Esso Gapena Award for Contributing to the Development of Literature (1991)
- Outstanding journalist of the country of the Union of Malay Journalists of Malaysia (1996)
- Johor Literary Prize (1996)
- Tun Razak Prize for outstanding contribution to the development of education and the establishment of mutual understanding and harmony in relations between the national communities of Malaysia (1998)
- National Translator Award (2012)
- Institute of the Press of Malaysia Special Journalism Award (2013) [3]
- Title "Outstanding Malay figure" (2014)
Notes
- ↑ Adibah Amin - in: Pogadayev, V. The Malay World (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore). Linguistic and Regional Dictionary. M.: "Eastern book", 2012, p. 34-35
- ↑ AF Yassin Ahmad Fadzli Yassin.Sembang sastera bersama orang persuratan. Shah Alam: Fajar Bakti, 1998
- ↑ Adibah Amin terima Anugerah Khas MPI-Petronas 2013 - “Utusan Malaysia”, April 26, 2014