Malaysian National Laureate

Malaysian National Laureate (Malay: Sasterawan Negara) are individuals who were awarded the Laureate for their contributions to Malay literature.

List of recipients for the Malaysian National Laureate
  1. 1981 : Kamaludin Muhammad (Keris Mas)
  2. 1982 : Dato' Shahnon Ahmad
  3. 1983 : Datuk Dr. Usman Awang
  4. 1986 : Datuk A. Samad Said
  5. 1988 : Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Biang Andi (Arena Wati)
  6. 1991 : Prof. Dr. Muhammad Haji Salleh
  7. 1993 : Noordin Hassan
  8. 1996 : Datuk Abdullah Hussain
  9. 2001 : Syed Othman bin Syed Omar (S. Othman Kelantan)
  10. 2009 : Dr. Anwar Ridhwan
  11. 2011 : Ahmad Kamal Abdullah
  12. 2013 : Datuk Baharuddin Zainal
  13. 2015 : Datuk Zurinah Hassan (first woman recipient) [1]
  14. 2019 : Siti Zainon Ismail[2]

References
  1. "First woman made national laureate". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  2. Mohammad Arif Nizam. Siti Zainon dipilih Sasterawan Negara Ke-14 // Malaysia Gazette, 3 September 2019
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