Faisal Tehrani (aka Mohd Faizal Musa) is a Malaysian author. He is deemed as a controversial author, as over seven of his works have been banned by Malaysian government. In 2017, The Jakarta Post named him Malaysia’s rebel author. Among his best remembered works are 1515, The Professor, and The Koro Riots.
The Prau with the Silent Soul is one of Tehrani’s celebrated works. First published in 2007, it has received the best novel award in the Special Writing Competition Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Malaysia’s Institute of Language and Literature. In 2024, Tehrani’s screenplay for Maryam Pagi Ke Malam won the Best Original Film at 21st Asian Film Festival in Rome, Italy.
Zawiyah Baba was the former advisor of the Librarians’ Association of Malaysia. She began her career as research librarian at the Ministry of Information Malaysia before moving to the National Library of Malaysia, from where she retired as director-general. Post-retirement, she was appointed principal research fellow at the Institute of the Malay World & Civilization (ATMA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
She has prolifically translated books and journal articles from and to Malay and English. She passed away in May 2023.
