GROUP 13-ADIBAH AMIN'S BIOGRAPHY

KHALIDAH ADIBAH BINTI AMIN

1. MOGASHINI A/P THANAPALAN

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2. VIDHYASHARMIELA A/P
SUBRAMANIAM

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3. SATHISHSHAA CHANDRAN

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4. SHARON ROBERT

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ABOUT
ADIBAH AMIN

2. LITERARY CAREER
3. ADIBAH AMIN'S MOVIES
4. ADIBAH'S AMIN AWARDS

5. ADIBAH'S RECENT
UPDATES

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Khalidah Adibah binti Amin@Adibah Amin

(born 19 February 1936)
a Malaysian writer, columnist, teacher, translator, and

actress
She was born in Johor Bahru and attended an English-

medium secondary school before enrolling at the
University of Malaya (1957).

She taught Malay and English at the Malay Girls College
in Kuala Lumpur from 1958 to 1961.

She went on to teach at the Language Institute and
Alam Shah School, both in Kuala Lumpur, before

becoming the first headmistress of Jalan Kolam Ayer
School [now Seri Puteri School in Cyberjaya] and
subsequently leaving the education service.

From 1971 to 1984, she worked as a journalist for the New
Straits Times, and later for The Star in the 1990s.

Many English speakers remember Adibah as the author of
the New Straits Times column she wrote under the pen
name Sri Delima in the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2009, the columns were reprinted as a book.

LITERARY CAREER OF
ADIBAH AMIN !!

Adibah Amin has written Three Malay novels [Bangsawan
newspaper columns, Tulen (1950), Seroja Masih di
Kolam (1968) and Tempat
magazine features, radio Jatuh Lagi Dikenang (1983)]
plays, AND edited a Malay
women’s magazine [Jelita].

two collections of short stories translated three Malay books into
for children [Malaysian Tales English: Shahnon Ahmad’s Ranjau
(1988) and Oriental Classics Sepanjang Jalan (No Harvest but a
(2003)] Thorn) (1991), Anwar Ridhwan’s
collection of short stories, Sangkar
three collections of her (After the War and Other Stories)
newspaper columns [As I Was
Passing (1976; 2007), As I Was (1993) and Keris Mas’s Rimba
Harapan (Jungle of Hope) (1988)
Passing II (1978; 2007) and
Glimpses (2002)]

GRAMMAR BUILDER series TO an English novel, This End
help secondary school students master English of the Rainbow (2006)

grammar

MALAY NOVELS

SEROJA MASIH DI KOLAM-

GENRE : FICTION
FORMAT : 292 PAGES
PUBLISHED ON 2012,
BY K PUBLISHING

THIS BOOK PAINT LIFESTYLE OF
MALAY COMMUNITY IN 1960, AND
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE
WHO ARE BEING WESTERNIZED WITH
MORE TRADITIONAL FACTION.

PULANG GADISKU PULANG-

GENRE : FICTION
PUBLISHED ON 1987,
BY DEWAN BAHASA DAN
PUSTAKA.

COLLECTION OF RADIO DRAMAS BY
ADIBAH AMIN

COLLECTIONS OF

NEWSPAPER COLUMN

AS I WAS PASSING I/II-

GENRE : NON-FICTION
FORMAT : PAPERBACK, 396 PAGES
PUBLISHED ON 2007,
BY MPH GROUP PUBLISHING.

LITERARY AWARDS :
POPULAR-THE STAR READERS’
CHOICE AWARDS FOR NON-
FICTION (2008)

THIS IS A COMPILATION OF
ANECDOTES DEPICTING MALAYSIAN
LIVES. THE WRITER, ADIBAH AMIN,
VOCALISES AND ILLUSTRATES HER
IDEAS ARTFULLY THROUGH HER OWN
PERSPECTIVE.

Glimpses -

genre: non- fiction

Published on 2002,

by Ericane & Webb Sdn Bhd
format : Hardcover, 121
pages

:Literary Awards
POPULAR-The Star Readers’
Choice Awards for Non-
Fiction (2009)

glimpses is all about
insightful observations of
the contradictory and
colourful eccentricities in
the everyday habits of
Malaysians, before and
after the millennium.

AN ENGLISH NOVEL

genre: fiction

Published on 2008,

by The Phoenix Press Sdn Bhd

format : Hardcover, 143

pages

Setting : Malaysia

Literary Awards

POPULAR-The Star Readers’
Choice Awards for Fiction
(2008)

this novel Captures the
innocence and spiritedness
of young university
students during their
carefree days on campus.

collections of short
stories for children

malaysian tales-
genre: fiction

Published on 1988 , Ladybird.

format : 43 pages

Ilustrated by Ahmad Zakii Hj.
Anwar

Adibah Amin's Oriental
Classics
genre: fiction

Published on 2003 by Jalur
Sejahtera
Ilustrated by Mazlan Nor -
Art Peak

Both books contains great
stories, fairy-tales, fables,
and nursery rhymes for
children.

GRAMMAR BUILDER
SERIES

volume 1-5
published on 2005,

by Cambridge
University Press.

format : 268 Pages

These books are
especially useful for
students taking
written exams and
anyone who needs to
write well in English.

TRANSLATED BOOKS

( )MALAY TO ENGLISH

No Harvest But A Thorn-

genre : fiction

format: paperback, 168 pages

Published on 1972,
by Oxford University Press.

A novel depicting the
agricultural life in Malaysia.

Jungle of Hope-

genre : fiction

format : Paperback, 286 pages

Published on 2002,
by Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka
Kuala Lumpur

this novel represents the
economic situation of the
Malays before Independence
(1957) through two brothers.

After the War and Other
Stories

genre : fiction

format : Paperback, 237 pages

originally published on 1986

stories from this novel set
against the backdrop of
cosmopolitan villages and
cities that challenge the mind
of the reader to understand
and interpret the fate of man
in the cage of worldly life

MMOOVVIIEESS ADIK MANJA, 1980

Adibah Amin has also
made appearence in
three malay movies
since then, the
movies are:

HATI BUKAN KRISTAL, 1990

MAT SOM, 1990

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ADIK MANJA ,
1980

A young teacher, Azmi is offered teaching post
at a girl's school. The reaction from the

students is quite hilarious as this is the first
time a male teacher has been posted to the

school.

GENRE: COMEDY

DIRECTOR: Othman Hafsham

CAST : Dharma Harun Al-Rashid/Noor
Kumalasari /Adibah Amin

Adibah Amin as Cikgu Bedah in this movie . She
has won the best supporting actress award
for her extrodinary performance in Adik Manja

HATI BUKAN
KRISTAL, 1990

NINA, AN INTELLIGENT AND AMBITIOUS YOUNG
JOURNALIST, IS FASCINATED BY STORIES

WRITTEN BY A JOURNALIST AND EDITOR NAMED
MS. IDA. NINA, WHO HAS JUST VENTURED INTO

JOURNALISM AT A HARIAN NASIONAL NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHING COMPANY, HAS BECOME THE FOCUS

OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF HER OPEN ATTITUDE.

GENRE : LOVE , DRAMA

DIRECTORR : RAJA AHMAD ALAUDDIN

CAST: RIDZUAN HASHIM / ERMA FATIMA / JULIA
RAIS

ADIBAH AMIN HAS PLAYED THE ROLE OF CIK IDA
IN THIS LOVE FILLED DRAMA FILM AND HAS WON

MANY HEARTS.

MAT SOM , 1990

Mat Som is staying in Kuala Lumpur. His earnings as a
freelance writer doesn’t pay much and thus making him
frustrated with no idea on how to make things better.
Even Yam, the girl next door who likes him is being ignored.
He becomes more stressed out when his father introduces
him to Wan Faridah who is working in Kuala Lumpur and
who happens to be his future wife of his father’s choice.
What will be the choice he makes to make his life much

better?
GENRE: Comedy

DIRECTOR : Hatta Azad Khan

CAST : Imuda / Tiara Jacquelina / Adibah Amin / Zami Ismail

Adibah Amin acted in Mat Som as a supporting actress and
yet received good feedbacks for her fine acting and her

contribution to the movie.

THE JOURNEY OF ADIBAH AMIN

ADIBAH AMIN'S

RECENT UPDATES

WHAT HAPPENED
TO KHALIDAH
ADIBAH BINTI
AMIN?

Ex-academic, journalist,

novelist and actress Adibah

Amin, who suffered a stroke

three years ago, received

RM50,000 from the Association

of Wives of Ministers and Deputy

Ministers (Bakti) for her medical

treatment.

Adibah, 74, is wheelchair-bound Resource from thestar.com.my
and partially paralysed. Bakti
president Datin Seri Rosmah However, her condition has
Mansor presented the cheque improved. This contribution
to Adibah, who was will help pay for her
accompanied by her younger medication and physiology
sister Fadzilah, at Bangunan treatment at the Universiti
Bakti Siti Hasmah here. Malaya Specialist Centre,” said
Fadzilah.
On her recovery from stroke,
Adibah said she derived strength Then, she continues to indulge
from her faith to overcome her in one of her favourite
condition and the support of activities such as tackling
her sister, Fadzilah, 71. “Initially, crossword puzzles and as well
she was having shingles around as keep in touch with friends.
her neck area and complained
of nerve pain. Then we admitted
her to the Johor Specialist
Hospital where she suffered a
stroke.

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ADIBAH AMIN'S AWARDS

Best Supporting Actor in the first Malaysia Film Festival in 1980 for her role
in Adik Manja.

( )S.E.A. Write Award, Thailand 1983

"Esso-Gapena Prize" for contribution to the development of the literature

( )1991

Outstanding journalist of the country by the Malaysian Union of

( )Journalists 1996
( )Johore Literary Prize 1996

Tun Razak Prize for outstanding contribution to the development of
education and the establishment of mutual understanding and

( )harmony between the national communities of Malaysia 1998
( )National Translator Prize 2012
( )Special journalistic award of the Press Institute of Malaysia 2013
( )The title of "Outstanding Malaysian Figure" 2014

AWARDS OF ADIBAH AMIN

Resource from thestar.com.my

BAKTI CHIPS IN
RM50,000 FOR STROKE
VICTIM ADIBAH

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