Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh allahyarham pak arena wati...
maka gugurlah satu lagi bintang di langit penulisan nusantara.....
KUALA LUMPUR: National laureate Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Baing, 84, better known as Arena Wati, died at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) in Cheras at 1.40am yesterday from lung cancer.
He had been treated at HUKM since Sept 20. His wife, Halimah Sulong, and two of his children, Ratna Siti Akbari and Hasanuddin, were at his bedside. His body was brought to the Federal Territory Mosque in Jalan Duta at noon for the funeral prayers before burial at 3pm at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery. Arena Wati also leaves four other children, Rahmah Wati, Hirianty, Ilhamuddin and Kamaluddin Rostor.
Rahmah Wati, his eldest, said while warded, her late father was still writing for his trilogy titled Bara-Baraya. "The trilogy, which revolves around the struggles of the Malays in the archipelago, is to be published this year." National laureate Tan Sri A. Samad Said regards Arena Wati's death as a big loss to the Malay literary world. "He was very prolific as he was much inspired by his life's experiences," said Samad. Arena Wati, was born on July 30, 1925 in Kalumpang Kabupatan, Jeneponto, Makasar, Indonesia, and went to a Dutch school in Makasar before it was closed when the war broke out. He had used other pen names such as Duta Muda and Patria. Among his many works were Eno (1985), Syair Pangeran Syarif (1989), Syair Pangeran Syarif Hasyim Al-Qudsi (1989), Syair Perang Cina Di Monterado (1989), Burung Badai (1990), Turina (1991) and Citra (1991). -- Bernama
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