Mohamed Ghazali bin Abdul Rashid, also known by the pen name Malim Ghozali PK (4 March 1949 – 18 June 2020) was a Malaysian writer from

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. His works include novels and short stories. He received the

Southeast Asian Writers Award The S.E.A. Write Award, or Southeast Asian Writers Award, is an award that is presented annually since 1979 to poets and writers of Southeast Asia. The awards are given to the writers from each of the countries comprised in the Association of S ...

(SEA Award) in 2013.

Early life and education

Mohamed Ghazali bin Abdul Rashid was born in Malim Nawar, Perak on 4 March 1949. He began his studies at Sekolah Melayu Gunung Panjang before continuing his studies at Sekolah Menengah Anderson Ipoh. He then went on to graduate from the

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and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973. In addition, he also participated in the Creative Writing Fellowship program at the Center for Creative Arts in

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, United States.

Career and award

He received the

in 2013 and Sasterawan Perak title in 2014. He was also a nominee for the 14th Malaysian National Scholar Award.

Death

On Thursday, 18 June 2020, he died of cancer at

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, Selangor at 11.20 AM a day after surgery to remove a

tumor A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...

on his heart.

Bibliography

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