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Dinner with Tan Twan Eng

Literary festival to feature popular authors, works and dialogues

Literary festival to feature popular authors, works and dialogues

OUT in The Edge!

High-Tea with Farish Noor

National Laureate Muhammad Haji Salleh to Launch Book of Pantuns at Festival Opening

National Laureate, Muhammad Haji Salleh will be launching a book of pantuns that he has edited,”Bila Terkenang Zaman Dahulu: Pantun Pulau Pinang” at the opening of the George Town Literary Festival 2011 on 26 November 2011.   These pantuns were collected from the oral and written archives of Penang - written by Penangites - Chinese, Malays and Peranakans

26 NOVEMBER 2011
Official Opening, Book Launch and Morning Tea

venue: Upstairs at China House

Time: 10.00 am - Morning Tea
11.00 am - Book Launch &
Official Opening by Chief Minister of Penang

free event

 

Here’s the blurb about the book from USM Press:

Pulau Pinang ialah di antara pusat pantun multibudaya yang terpenting. Buku ini mengumpul bait-bait yang cemerlang daripada khazanah lisan dan juga tulisan negeri ini. Bentangannya luas - daripada pantun anak-anak hinggalah kepada pantun remaja, daripada cinta hinggalah upacara.Pantun 481, Pantun Zaman Sari dan Pantun Anti-Kahwin Paksa, dan khazanah Peranakan iaitu Pantun Hiboran dan Pantun Penghiburan Hati. Dikutip juga baris indah daripada boria, bangsawan dan juga lagu-lagu Zaharah Agus. Pantun -pantun bertulis pula dinukil daripada pelbagai buku yang popular sejak tahun-tahun 1920-an, hinggalah 1950-an dan seterusnya 2000-an, termasuk