Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka still eyeing A Samad Said

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka still eyeing A Samad Said

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka board of governors chairman Mohamed Hatta Shaharom says he is optimistic that the national laureate will return to the agency despite already turning down an offer.

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National laureate A Samad Said. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
The Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) is continuing its efforts to bring national laureate A Samad Said back to the agency despite reports that he had already turned down an offer by Education Minister Maszlee Malik.

DBP board of governors chairman Mohamed Hatta Shaharom said he remained optimistic about the matter.

“We still keep in touch with him and are just waiting for the green light to visit him at his home (to discuss the matter),” he told reporters after a DBP programme with the media here yesterday.

On Friday, it was reported that Samad had rejected the offer to bring him back to DBP, describing it as “too little too late” as he had been marginalised over a long period by the previous government.

Maszlee previously said that apart from bringing Samad back to DBP, the government would promote his work to the younger generation.

Samad, whose real name is Abdul Samad Muhammad Said, received the National Literary Award in 1985 for his contributions to the literary scene.

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