Jati Diri Pasca Asas 50

by Anwar Ridhwan

Buku ini memaparkan pemikiran sasterawan Anwar Ridhwan yang memperlihatkan suatu horizon tersendiri seorang pengarang Melayu terhadap pengolakan perkembangan sastera Melayu yang bangun hampir serentak bagi mencerminkan realiti kehidupan ekonomi, politik, sosial dan budaya masyarakat Tanah Melayu/Malaysia. Sekaligus ia memberikan ilustrasi Sejarah dan Tamadun sastera sejak zaman ASAS 50 hingga ke era kini dengan contoh-contoh yang relevan dan konkrit. Buku ini amat bermanfaat dan sesuai untuk pembaca umum dan institusi pengajian tinggi seperti maktab perguruan dan universiti, di samping tatapan selejang peneliti sastera Melayu untuk melihat satu sisi daripada kehidupan sastera itu sendiri.

82 pages

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Dr. Anwar Ridhwan was born in an agricultural based family who was then reside in Sungai Besar, Selangor, previously the family lived in the neighboring state of Perak. He graduated from University Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973, then Masters of Arts in 1983 and finally finished his doctorate (Ph.D) in 1998. Soon he pursue his career in Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) until resignation in 2005 as Production Director of DBP.[1] On 11 August 2009, he was officially announced as the nation's 10th Sasterawan Negara by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in his office in Putrajaya.

In writing, he is a well known novelist and a short story writer. His first novel, Hari-hari Terakhir Seorang Seniman won the Yayasan Sabah-GAPENA Novel Prize of 1979. Arus (1985) won the Malaysian Literary Prize of 1984/1985. Among his famous short stories are Perjalanan Terakhir (1971), Dunia adalah Sebuah Apartmen (1973), Sesudah Perang (1976) and Dari Kiev ke Moskova (1992). Naratif Ogonshoto won the Sastera Perdana Award of Malaysia 2000/2001 which was inspired and finally finished by Dr. Anwar Ridhwan in Japan. The novel with another title, "Bili i Nebili Ostrovov Ogonsoto" was published in Russian (translated by Victor Pogadaev) in 2006, Sanct-Petersburg (Paideia).