Sasterawan Negara, Muhammad Haji Salleh was in Vancouver attending a Seminar

SASTERAWAN NEGARA MUHAMMAD HAJI SALLEH WAS IN VANCOUVER ATTENDING A SEMINAR ON A WORLD IN FOUR LINES, THE NUSANTARA PANTUN AND ITS TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY USES.

University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Southeast Asia Research had invited Sasterawan Negara Professor Emeritus, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Visiting Professor, Harvard University 2006-2007 to talk on the PANTUN which is perhaps the most important literary form that is used in almost all stages and fields of human experience in the Southeast Asia Archipelago. The lecture was aimed to trace its many functions from the lullaby to the love song, proverbs, speeches and wakes.

The lecture which was held on Friday March 30, 2007 at the Institute of Asian Research, C.K. Choi Building, UBC received overwhelming response and attended by many Southeast Asia’s literature enthusiasts.

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