A selection panel will have to submit its choice to the education minister, who will present it to the Agong for approval.
Jong Chian Lai, Dinsman, Faisal Tehrani, Azmah Nordin and Latif Mohidin, whose names are believed to be in the running for the next Sasterawan Negara award.
According to a source, the selection panel headed by prominent academic Salleh Yaapar has already submitted its choice to Education Minister Maszlee Malik, who has to get the consent of the Agong. It is not known if Maszlee has approved the panel’s choice.“We are still in discussion,” a spokesman said when contacted.
While Dinsman has openly shown his political loyalty to PH leaders through his writings, Faisal’s works have not sat well with religious authorities. The previous government banned seven of his titles, claiming they were promoting Shia Islam, the Islamic school of thought frowned upon by Malaysia’s conservative Sunni scholars.
The same source told FMT that Faisal’s no-holds-barred approach and his “revisionist” writings on Malaysian history may not favour him. Last year, Faisal, who also writes a popular weekly column on FMT, was summoned by the Council of Eminent Persons , the group tasked by Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad with getting feedback on reforms.
It said Latif has not been vocal on current issues affecting the country, either, which would usually boost one’s chances of getting recognition in the literary world.
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