S.M. Zakir or Syed Mohd Zakir Syed Othman born on February 4th, 1969. Start writing in 1990 and until now has received tens of literary awards/prizes including Malaysian Premier Literary Prizes 1994/95 in short stories book category (Merengkuh Langit, DBP 1995) and Kelantan State Literary Awards in short stories book category (Sekuntum Kembang di Sayap Jibril, PPN 2001), Southeast Asia Malay Literary Prize (MASTERA) in literary book categories (Serigala dan Sekuntum Tulip, (DBP 2010), Malaysian Premier Literary Prizes 2010/2011 in short stories book category (Serigala dan Sekuntum Tulip, DBP 2010).
In 2010 was the awardee of MASTERA Young Laureate Awards 2010, awarded by the Literary Council of Southeast Asia (MASTERA) in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2011 was the awardee of S.E.A Write Award 2011 in short story category, awarded by SEA Write Award Council in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2023 honored as Kelantan State Laurette. Work in the news media before established Nusa Centre, a publishing house and centre for culture research. Earned much acclaim and many awards with five novels, nine short stories books, five poetry collections, a biography, theatre and film criticism, socio-culture essays and political commentary. A columnist for several magazines, also ex-secretary general of the Malaysian National Writers Association.
He has vast experience and knowledge in management, editorial and copywriting throughout his career in publishing and advertising companies, not to mention, presenter and participant in national, regional, international seminars, workshops and conferences.
His participation is made possible by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
