Award-winning author hopes to inspire women writers

Oleh Dicatat pada
The first woman from Brunei to receive the Southeast Asian Writer Sea Write) Award after a 23-year wait, Hjh Norsiah Hj Abd Ghafar, returned home Saturday night from Bangkok after attending the Sea Write Week that culminated with her receiving the prestigious prize from HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand.
Present at the airport to welcome her were Awang Hj Mohammad, the Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dayang Hjh Aminah Hj Momin, the Acting Director of Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) and staff of DBP.
Hjh Norsiah said she was happy to receive the award which made her the 24th recipient of the Sea Write Award for Brunei Darussalam and the first woman from this country to do so.

"I accepted the award on behalf of female writers in Brunei and hopefully it will inspire other women to do the same.

"It is nothing to do with breaking the male barrier but women writers in Brunei should do their best to be on par with the male (writers)," she said. Read More...
Nama sebenar ialah Puasa bin Kamis. Antara lain dia juga pernah mengunakan nama pena Awang Puasa, Yasa Kamis, P. B. Kamis dan Puasha dalam bidang penulisan sajak, cerpen, novel, rencana umum dan skrip drama televisyen. Mula menulis pada tahun 1985, dan kebanyakan karya terbit di Majalah Mekar, Juara, Bahana, Dewan Sastera (Lembaran Mastera), URTV, Pelita Brunei, Media Permata dan Radio Televisyen Brunei. Pernah memenangi Hadiah Kreatif Bahana DBP - Shell, Brunei pada tahun 1995 (sajak), 1999 (cerpen) dan 2002 (haiku). Dia adalah penerima Hadiah Penghargaan Sasterawan Muda Majlis Sastera Asia Tenggara (MASTERA) bagi Negara Brunei Darussalam pada tahun 2010 di Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ulasan

Catat Ulasan