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Presentation of the Mastera Award to the Malaysian writer S.M. Zakir (standing on the left) October 17, 2012. Mastera Literary Award is a regional prize awarded since 1999 for the best prose and poetic works, as well as for literary criticism in Malay of the writers of the South-East Asian countries.
Hans Bague Jassin (31 July 1917 – 11 March 2000), better known as HB Jassin, was an Indonesian literary critic, documentarian, and professor.Born in Gorontalo to a bibliophilic petroleum company employee, Jassin began reading while still in elementary school, later writing published reviews before finishing high school.
Sastra wangi (also spelled sastrawangi; literally, "fragrant literature") is a label given to a new body of Indonesian literature written by young, urban Indonesian women who take on controversial issues such as politics, religion and sexuality.
Kamus Dewan (Malay for The Institute Dictionary) is a Malay-language dictionary compiled by Teuku Iskandar and published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. This dictionary is useful to students who are studying Malay literature as they provide suitable synonyms, abbreviations and meanings of many Malay words.
Malay grammar is the body of rules that describe the structure of expressions in the Malay language (Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore) and Indonesian (Indonesia and Timor Leste).
Indonesian literature is a term grouping various genres of South-East Asian literature.. Indonesian literature can refer to literature produced in the Indonesian archipelago.
DBP Malaysia was established as Balai Pustaka in Johor Bahru on 22 June 1956, [1] It was placed under the purview of the then Malayan Ministry of Education.. During the Kongres Bahasa dan Persuratan Melayu III (The Third Malay Literary and Language Congress) which was held between 16 and 21 September 1956 in both Singapore and Johor Bahru, Balai Pustaka was renamed Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Bahasa Dalam has been the official language of the Sultan's inner court for generations. The Brunei Bay region has been home to a civilization from the 7th century, according to archeological evidence, and Bahasa Dalam, a social register of Malay, evolved to reflect the monarchy's rank. The existence of the traditional classification that still ...