SEA Write Award Winner To Receive Honour In Bangkok
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - This year's sultanate recipient for the SEA Write Award, Ampuan Dr Hj Brahim Ampuan Hj Tengah, departed for Bangkok yesterday afternoon to receive the coveted literary recognition given to regional literary writers.

Present at the airport to see him off was the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Hj Jemat Hj Ampal; the ministry's Special Duties Officer, Dato Paduka Hj Mahmud Rj Bakyr; the acting Deputy Director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Dr Mataim Bakar and his staff; and Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) lecturer, Dr Hj Morsidi Hj Mohamad.

Ampuan Dr Hj Brahim, the Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Science, UBD has been selected by the SEA Write Award Judging Committee of Brunei Darussalam to be the 2005 SEA Write Award recipient based on his contributions to literature in the sultanate and the region.

He will receive the award from HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha on Wednesday (October 12) at The Oriental Bangkok.

Commencing Saturday, he will be having a hectic schedule during the SEA Write Award 2005 week.

Together with recipients of the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Ampuan Dr Hj Brahim will be attending various activities including an introduction to the award recipients, meeting with members of writers associations, having lunches with award sponsors, and making visits.

Apart from Ampuan Dr Hj Brahim, other recipients include Acep Zamzam Noor from Indonesia, Bounseune Sengmany (Laos), Miech Ponn (Cambodia), Wuthichart Choomsanit (Thailand), Ab'dul Ghafar Ibrahim (Malaysia), P. Krishnan (Singapore), Malou Jacob (The Philippines) and Im-asara-Phu Tram (Vietnam).

Poet laureate of the Commonwealth, Virginia Rita Dove, will be this year's guest speaker at the Royal Gala Night on October ;12 where the recipients will receive their awards from the royal guest of honour.

Now in its 27th year, the SEA Write Award is as one of the region's prestigious literature awards.

Its aim is to encourage and recognise literary talents in the region. Brunei Darussalam sent its first recipient, Muslim Burmat - Brunei's top novelist - to receive the award in Bangkok in 1986.

Since then, some 19 literary writers of various genres have received the coveted recognition for their literary contributions in the country and the region. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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