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Zakaria Ariffin

ザカリア・アリフィン

Zakaria Ariffin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-07-22 (Kuantan, Pahang)
Died
2025-02-19 (Slim River, Perak) age 72
Nationality
Malaysian
Languages
Malay
Residence History
Kuantan, Pahang → Tanjung Malim → Penang → Kuala Lumpur

Career

Occupations
playwright, theatre director, educator, theatre critic
Active Years
1970-2025
Affiliations
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), National Academy of Arts
Influenced By
Noordin Hassan

Education

University of Science, Malaysia
Faculty of Performing Arts
Period: 1975-1978
Year of Graduation: 1978
Country: Malaysia
Paedagogical College of Sultan Idris
Period: 1974 (5ヶ月)
Country: Malaysia
Studied for five months

Awards

Esso-Gapen II Prize
1989
Result: 受賞
Literary Prize of Malaysia
1989
Result: 受賞
Award "Seri Angkasa" of Radio and Television of Malaysia
1989
Organization: Radio and Television of Malaysia
Result: 受賞
S.E.A. Write Award
2001
Result: 受賞
Literary Prize of Johor
2007
Result: 受賞
State prize in the field of art (individual achievements)
2009
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Pentas opera / The Opera House

1989 Plays

Protest and satirical play with elements of Malay opera (bangsawan)

social criticismtraditional theatre
Translations
  • Malay

Bibliography

  • Indahnya pelangi (1985)
  • Drama tiga zaman (1984, editor)
  • Perantau zaman (1986)
  • Pentas opera (1989)
  • Siti Zubaidah (2001)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
satiricalincorporating Malay opera (bangsawan)

Health

  • stroke
    2025年
    cause of death

Legacy

Key figure in contemporary Malaysian theatre

Trivia

  • In Malay naming convention, Ariffin is a patronymic; refer to by given name Zakaria