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Salleh Ben Joned
Born(1941-07-05)July 5, 1941
Melaka, Straits Settlements (present-day Malaysia)
DiedOctober 29, 2020(2020-10-29) (aged 79)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation(s)Poet, writer
Notable workSajak-Sajak Salleh – Poems Sacred and Profane, The Amok of Mat Solo

Salleh Ben Joned (5 July 1941 - 29 October 2020) was a Malaysian poet, who some have called the "bad boy of Malaysian literature".

Early life

Salleh was born in Melaka on 5 July 1941, where he later attended the Malacca High School. He received a Colombo Plan scholarship in 1963 to study English literature in Australia, where he studied first in Adelaide, then at the University of Tasmania where he was a student of James McAuley.

Career

After returning to Malaysia in 1973, Salleh taught English literature at the University of Malaya, before becoming a freelance writer in 1983. He was also a columnist for the New Straits Times in the 1980s and 1990s. His works include Sajak-Sajak Salleh – Poems Sacred and Profane and The Amok of Mat Solo. His work often employed apparent profanity and blasphemy to criticise contemporary political and religious ideologies in Malaysia; in 1974 he publicly urinated at an art exhibition in response to what he saw as its pretentiousness. An essay written by Salleh explaining his rationale for this 'performance art' was later included in texts on art history.

Death

Salleh died at the age of 79 from heart failure at 1:21 am on 29 October 2020 at the University Malaya Medical Centre.

References

  1. "Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)". ABC listen. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  2. "Maverick Malaysian poet and writer Salleh Ben Joned dead at 79". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  3. ^ "Maverick Malaysian poet and writer Salleh Ben Joned dead at 79". The Straits Times. 2020-10-29. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  4. ^ "Malaysian literary giant Salleh Ben Joned dies". New Straits Times. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. Lee, Annabelle (2020-10-29). "Literary icon Salleh Ben Joned passes away, but his legacy lives on". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  6. Ng, Andrew Hock Soon (2012). "The sacred profane in the poetry of Salleh Ben Joned" (PDF). Kajian Malaysia. 30 (Supp. 1): 1–21.
  7. Patrick D. Flores, T. K. Sabapathy (November 11, 2024). The Modern in Southeast Asian Art - A Reader. National Gallery Singapore. pp. 1, 326. ISBN 9789811406645.

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