Faisal Tehrani (also known as Mohd Faizal Musa) is a Malaysian author. Faisal has won numerous literary prizes and awards, and often deemed as controversial author for experimenting various forms and proposing alternative discourses in his works. Among his best remembered works are 1515 (translated into French and published by Les Indes Savantes), and The Professor (translated into English) in 2020. As an academic most of his works centred around human rights, and alternative discourses. Other than writing essays, and novels, Faisal is also known as playwright, where his stage play Ghaib received good reviews. In 2023, Faisal’s written screenplay Maryam Pagi Ke Malam directed by Badrul Hisham Ismail, was premiered in Rotterdam Film Festival.
