Fatimah Busu
January 1943 (age 81)
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaya
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-language literary critic.[1]: 88
Early life and career
Fatimah was born in Kota Bharu in the north-eastern state of Kelantan, Malaysia. She attended her local Malay school in Kelantan before enrolling in the Malay Teacher's in Melaka. Fatimah worked as a teacher for almost ten years, until 1972, before then attending Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang. Since her graduation she has been a member of staff at the university's Faculty of Humanities.[2]: 381
Her literary career began with her short story Kerana Adik ('Because of a Younger Sibling'), published in the Singapore magazine Mutiara in 1959. Her second short story, Hari Pesta ('Festival Day'), was published in Gelanggang Filem in 1960.[3]: 192
Fatimah Busu's first novel, Ombak Bukan Biru ('The Waves Are Not Blue') was published in 1977.
Bibliography
Short stories
- "Kerana Adik" (1959)
- "Kucing Kurus" (1960)
- "Hari Pesta"
- "Kembang Siang Kembang Malam"
- "Mawar Yang Belum Gugur" (1971)
- "Nasinya Tumpah" (1972)
- "Freshie"
- "Lambaian Tanah Hijau" (1973)
- "Bunga-bunga Pulau"
- "Sampah Yang Hanyut" (1974)
- "Anak Bumi Tercinta"
- "Anak-anak dari Kampung Pasir Pekan" (1975)
- "Seribu Kali Sejuta Kali"
- "Citerawara Seakor Burung Kecil"
- "Surat Untuk Emak di Pasir Pekan"
- "Heroin Tanpa Hero"
- "Pencari Muara"
- "Yang Abadi"
- "Mahar Asmara" (1983/1984)
- "Al-Amin" (1984/1985)
- "Al-Isra'"
- "Al-Kisah Citera Yang Kesembilan"
- "Satu Lagenda Kelopak Bakawali"
- "Putih-Putih Semek Siti Dewi Dan Tampong"
- "Cerita Biasa Tentang Perempuan"
- "Aduhai Pak Pandir"
- "Aduhai Pak Kadok"
- "Alahai Manisnya"
- "Aduh Pahitnya"
- "Malang Si Lebai Malang"
- "Aduhai Pak Belalang"
- "Aduhai Si Luncai"
- "Gurindam Jiwa 50 Tahun Merdeka"
- "Tanah Segara Bukit Itu"
- "Aduhai OMPP"
- "Aduhai MARA"
- "Aduhai MAHA"
- "Oh Tuhanku"
- "Perjalanan Ke Negara Api"
- "Perkembalian Seorang Hang Tuah"
- "Aku"
- "Surat Cinta"
- "Air Mata Di Pasir Pekan"
- "Kelopak Bunga Pahit"
- "Bunga-Bunga Yang Berguguran Bunga-Bunga Yang Bertaburan"
- "Keajaiban Alam" (2003)
Short fiction collections
- Yang Abadi (1980)
- Lambaian Tanah Hijau (1980)
- Al-Isra (1985)
- Keajaiban Alam (2003)
- Bunga-Bunga Pulau (2005)
- Aduhai (2009)
- Kelopak Bunga Pahit (2014)
Essays
- Kolonialisme Dalam Novel-Novel Melayu, Beijing Foreign Studies University, 1995
- Colonialism in Malay Novels, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1995
Poetry collections
- "Apa Ada Di Sana Versi Dunia" (2004)
Novels
- Ombak Bukan Biru (The Waves Are Not Blue, 1977)
- Kepulangan (The Return, 1980)
- "Salam Maria" (Salam Maria, 2004)
- "The Missing Piece 1" (2005)
- "The Missing Piece 2" (2006)
Literary criticisms
- Ciri-ciri Satira dalam Novel Melayu dan Africa Moden (Elements of Satire in the Modern Malay and African Novel, 1992)
- Penulisan Kreatif Teori Dan Proses (2003)
- Salam Maria vs. Sarjana Nasi Dingin (2007)
- Persamaan dan Perbezaan Dalam Perkembangan Novel-Novel Melayu dan Indonesia (2010)
Dramas
- Gerimis Pagi (1959)
- Puteri Saadong (1960)
- Biduan Dari Neraka (1964-1965)
- Jahanam (1973)
Adaptations of her works
Three of her works namely Nasinya Tumpah, Bunga-Bunga Pulau and Seribu Kali Sejuta Kali have been adapted for television, all aired on TV1.
Awards and honours
- Hadiah Karya Sastera dan Hadiah Sastera Malaysia (the Malaysian Prizes for Literary Works and Literature)
- 1971: "Mawar Yang Belum Gugur."
- 1972: "Nasinya Tumpah"
- 1973: "Freshie", "Lambaian Tanah Hijau"
- 1974: "Bunga-bunga Pulau", "Sampah Yang Hanyut"
- 1975: "Anak Bumi Tercinta", "Anak-anak dari Kampung Pasir Pekan"
- 1983/1984: "Mahar Asmara"
- 1984/1985: "Al-Amin"
- 1992/1993: "Ciri-ciri Satira"
- The DBP-MAYBANK Literary Prize
- 1995: "Melihat Hujan"
- 1996; "Bulan Berlingkung Di Pasir Pekan"
- Hadiah Sastera Malaysia (the Malaysian Literary Prize)
- 1992/1993: "Ciri-ciri Sastera dalam Novel Melayu dan Afrika Moden: Kajian Perbandingan (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1992).
- 1996: "Anak-anak dari Kampung Pasir Pekan" (from the "Warna Sari Sastera Melayu Moden" anthology, DBP, 1996)
- 2001: "Anak Bumi Tercinta" (from the "Anak Bumi Tercinta" anthology, DBP, 2001)
- Hadiah Sastera Perdana Malaysia
- 2005: "Aduhai Si Loncai"
- 2008: "Salah Tanggapan Tentang Interlok"
- Other awards
- Anugerah Sasterawan Negeri Kelantan (Kelantan State Laureate, 2015)[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Campbell, Christine (2004). Pustaka, Dewan Bahasa dan (ed.). Contrary Visions: Women and Work in Malay Novels Written by Women. Universidad de Michigan. ISBN 9789836283696.
- ^ Hooker, Virginia Matheson (2000). Writing A New Society: Social Change Through the Novel in Malay. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824823047.
- ^ Baharudin, Rosnah (2003). "Menjejaki jalur kreativiti dan imaginasi cerpen-cerpen Fatimah Busu dan Siti Zainon Ismail". Wacana Wanita Melayu dan Sastera (in Malay). Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. ISBN 967-942-642-4.
- ^ "Fatimah Busu dinobat Sasterawan Kelantan 2015". Malay Mail. Bernama. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Zaain Zin (13 December 2017). "Fatimah Busu disisih". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "翻墙佛跳墙怎么样_一键访问国外网站".
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