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The Most Famous

WRITERS from Malaysia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysian Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 5,755 Writers, 2 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 112th most number of Writers behind Kosovo and Jersey.

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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.

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1. Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796 - 1854)

With an HPI of 52.19, Abdullah Abdul Kadir is the most famous Malaysian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 21 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. The term Munshi means "teacher" or "educator". 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.

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2. Jacky Liew ( - )

With an HPI of 46.81, Jacky Liew is the 2nd most famous Malaysian Writer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Pantheon has 2 people classified as writers born between 1796 and 1796. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living writers include Jacky Liew. The most famous deceased writers include Abdullah Abdul Kadir. As of April 2022, 1 new writers have been added to Pantheon including Jacky Liew.

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