Fatimah Busu

BornFatimah Binti Busu @ Che Su
January 1943 (age 81)
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, MalayaOccupationnovelist, short-story writer, academicLanguageMalayNationalityMalaysianCitizenshipMalaysiaEducationPhDAlma materUniversiti Sains MalaysiaYears active1957 till nowNotable worksOmbak Bukan BiruNotable awardsKelantan State Laureate, 2015ChildrenAdil Hidayat Bin Rosli

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

• Che Husna Azhari
• Dina Zaman
• Khadijah Hashim
• Salmi Manja
• Siti Zainon Ismail

References