He died of pneumonia at the KPJ Kajang Hospital at about 7.30am today. Shahnon was buried at the Tanah Perkuburan Islam Bandar Baru Bangi (Sungai Tangkas) at around 2.15pm today. “Young people should read the works of the late Shahnon, especially those that are symbolic and honest, because these were the works of a writer who was honest about his views of his country,” he said.įamily and friends pay their last respects to the late national laureate Professor Emeritus Datuk Shahnon Ahmad at the Bandar Baru Bangi Islamic cemetery, December 26, 2017. He said both novels tell of the struggles of the common man. Samad said the two most influential works by Shahnon are Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan ( No Harvest but a Thorn, 1966), and Srengenge (1973). “When we meet, we would usually talk about literature and would rarely touch on worldly and current matters,” he said. Samad Said said, though he had not met with the late Shahnon in recent years, they used to meet frequently to discuss literature. I visited my husband earlier today before I came here to inform him of the passing of his good friend,” said Dr Wan Azizah, referring to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is currently at the Sungai Buloh Prison. “My husband was much closer to the late Shahnon. “Because he was very sensitive to the issues of the day, especially in 1998, he very vocal in his writings,” she said when met after the final prayers for the late writer at Surau Madani, Bandar Baru Bangi, today.ĭr Wan Azizah said she became close to Shahnon when she helped him campaign in the 1999 general elections at his hometown Sik, Kedah. “I did not take Malay literature, but he spoke much about Bahasa Malaysia and the Malay culture, which I came to learn more of from him.
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