Shahnon Ahmad was born on January 13, 1933 in Banggul-Derdep, Kedah, Malaysia. He was a writer, known for Das Reisfeld (1994), Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan (1983) and Terdedah: 7 Artists in Search of a Cover (2025). He died on December 26, 2017 in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
