S.E.A. Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1984) Winner
Abdul Latiff Mohidin
アブドゥル・ラティフ・モヒディン
Latiff Mohidin
Aliases:
Latiff Mohidin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-01-01 （Lenggeng, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia）
- Nationality
- Malaysia
- Languages
- Malay, English, German
- Religion
- Islam
- Residence History
- Singapore → Berlin, Germany → Paris, France → New York, United States
Career
- Occupations
- painter, sculptor, poet
- Active Years
- 1960-2024
- Influenced By
- Jorge Luis Borges, Chairil Anwar, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kota Raja Malay School | — | Primary School | — | — | Singapore |
| Academy of Arts, Berlin | — | Fine Arts | — | 1960-1964 | Germany |
| Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut | — | Etching | — | 1969 | France |
| Pratt Institute | — | Art | — | — | United States |
Kota Raja Malay School
Primary School
Country:
Singapore
Primary education
Academy of Arts, Berlin
Fine Arts
Period:
1960-1964
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
Germany
DAAD scholarship
Atelier Lacourière-Frélaut
Etching
Period:
1969
Year of Graduation:
1969
Country:
France
French Ministry of Culture scholarship
Pratt Institute
Art
Country:
United States
Asian Cultural Council grant
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Pago Pago
1964 Modernist ArtBody of paintings, sculptures and writings produced largely between 1964 and 1968, known as 'Pago Pago'.
Southeast Asian modernismRegional rootednessCosmopolitanism
Sungai Mekong
1971 Poetry CollectionCollection of poems published in 1971, translated into multiple languages.
Interior worldResistance to ideological systems
GARIS Latiff Mohidin dari titik de titik
1988 Literary WorkPublished in 1988, grapples with vernacular cosmopolitanism in global modernism.
ModernismBoundaries between visual and literary
Faust (Part 1)
2012 TranslationTranslation of Goethe's Faust (Part 1), published in 2012.
Goethe literature
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ModernistAvant-gardeFusion of visual and literary
- Recurring Motifs
- Southeast Asian spiritWanderingIntrospection
Legacy
Malaysian modernist painter, sculptor, and poet known for Pago Pago series. First Southeast Asian artist featured at Centre Pompidou in 2018.
Trivia
- Sold his first painting at age 11 to Sir Malcolm MacDonald.
- Minangkabau descent Malaysian.