UBD Lecturer Among Panellists At Malaysian National Literature Day
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - A Universiti Brunei Darussalam lecturer, Mohd Zefri Arif, who is currently pursuing a doctorate at Universiti Malaya (UM) in Kuala Lumpur, continues to be a key figure in Malay literature for the region.

He was appointed to a forum panel at the 13t" Malaysian National Literature Day held in Ipoh, Perak last September 2 to 4.

A total of six forums were held at the Hotel Casuarina in Ipoh, Perak namely `Royalty in the Malay World', `Royalty and Malay World Personality', `Literature Tradition: The Peaks of Latest Malay Letters in the Region', `Reading the Future of Malay Literature in Malaysia and Malay World' and .`Building World Literature and Heritage in Perak'.

Organised by the Malaysian National Writers Association (GAPENA), the event was themed Royalty and National Letters or Literature.

The forums were chaired respectively by Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Ismail Hussein (Head 1 of GAPENA), Datuk A. Aziz Deraman (former Director of Malaysian Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka), Abdul Rahman Yusof (Director of Literature Department of DBP Malaysia), Prof. Madya Zainal Abidin Borhan (GAPENA), Prof. Madya Dr. Hashim Ismail (GAPENA); and Perak State Government Exco Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.

Apart from Mohd Zefri, other forum panels included intellectuals and language experts from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.

Since his further study at UM commencing last year, Mohd Zefri had been invited to deliver working papers at various literature activities.

Mohd Zefri is one of Sultanate's renowned literature activists mainly in the genre of theatre and drama.

He was Brunei Darussalam's recipient for Hadiah Sastera Mastera in 2003, a recognition given to regional literati by Malaysia every two years. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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