The Most Famous
WRITERS from Malaysia
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malaysian Writers of all time. This list of famous Malaysian Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796 - 1854)
With an HPI of 52.77, Abdullah Abdul Kadir is the most famous Malaysian Writer. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Abdullah bin Abdul al Kadir (1796–1854) (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد القادر 'Abd Allāh bin 'Abd al-Qādir) also known as Munshi Abdullah, was a Malayan writer. He was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore and died in Jeddah, a part of the Ottoman Empire. Munshi Abdullah followed his father's career path as a translator and teacher of colonial officials in the Malay Archipelago, mainly the British and the Dutch. Munshi Abdullah has been popularly regarded as among the most cultured Malays who ever wrote, one of the greatest innovators in Malay letters and the father of modern Malay literature.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Malaysian writers born between 1796 and 1796. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Malaysian writers include Abdullah Abdul Kadir.
