It was at USM that he earned a bachelor’s in Literature, in 1975. Returning to Malaysia, Shahnon lectured at the Maktab Perguruan Sultan Idris, in Tanjong Malim, before being offered a lecturer’s position at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 1974. Here, he took the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree, which he received in 1971. In 1968, Shahnon moved to Canberra, Australia and served as a Research Officer at the Australian National University (ANU). After graduating from Alor Setar’s Maktab Sultan Abdul Hamid, he began teaching at Kuala Terengganu’s Grammar English School in 1954.įrom 1955 to 1956 Shahnon served as an army officer stationed in Port Dickson, but returned to teaching, holding posts at several schools until 1967.
Shahnon Ahmad was born in Banggul Derdap, Sik, Kedah. A formidable talent and piercing intellect who is not afraid to say it as he sees it, Shahnon earned his reputation through works like the novels Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan and Rentong, several Literary Prizes - and, most notoriously, the political satire Shit. Literary lion or vagrant National Laureate - depending on your sensibilities on scatological discourse - our subject needs little introduction. In this same article, Amir calls Shahnon Ahmad the ‘Malaysian literary lion’. “People look at me and see a pious man, but there’s a repressed side which comes out in my writing. “I have a bit of a split personality,” says Shahnon Ahmad (January 13th, 1933 full name: Datuk Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad) in Amir Muhammad’s ‘Raising A Stink’ (Asiaweek May 7th 1999).
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