1. VALERIE BLOOM
Valerie Bloom was born in 1956. She is a Jamaican. She came to England in 1979 and it was her first time in England. She is currently settle down in Kent but she always travel around UK and abroad to deliver her performances, attend workshops and visiting schools. Her origin has much influenced her poetry which is the Jamaican environment. Her poetry is famous around the world through the publications of her books, the edited poetry and anthologies of her own and her novel. On the 13th of February 2003, Richard Carrington had produced her recording at the Audio Workshop, London.
2. M SHANMUGHALINGAN
M Shanmughalingan was a successful debater during his era. He involved actively in debating, literary and drama. As a brilliant person he possesses an Honours Degree from the University of Malaya, a Master from Harvard and a Doctorate from Harvard University. He had won the Getrude Hartley Memorial prize for poetry and second prize for Short Story competition. M Shanmughalingan is currently holding the post of the Managing Director of Trilogic Sdn. Bhd. He also holds lots of other posts. According to http://viweb.freehosting.net/vilit_M-SHAN.htm “Shan's literary publications include poems and short stories in Commonwealth Anthologies (London) international anthologies (Singapore), in universities (Harvard, Malaya, Oxford and Singapore) and in national literary journals. He is co-editor of an anthology of Malaysian poetry. He was an interviewer/commentator on international and current affairs, and film critic on Malaysian television, and radio and a member of the advisory panels to the leading national literary and cultural journals and the informal advisory panel to TV3. He was invited to be Session Chairman, Commonwealth Writers Seminar for Papers on literature from Jamaica to New Zealand in Sept 1998. He has been invited to read his poems and short stories at several national and international readings. The latest was at the Maybank series led by the national poet, Dato Dr Usman Awang with the Deputy Prime Minister in April 1999. Shan's works have been the subject of theses in universities in Malaysia and Germany and of a movie to be made in New Zealand. A video recording of his performance poetry with thirteen of his own poems has just been made for an Autralian website on international poets.”
3. MARZUKI ALI
Marzuki Ali was born in 1945 in Terengganu. He moved to Sabah and set up theatre group called “Grup Teater Asyik”. He also set up another group in Terengganu later. He continued his study in Art Directing in Jakarta, Indonesia. As an active poetry recite, stage actor and theatre director he had his works widely published. Among them are a few anthologies such as Desir Angin Pantai Timur (1984), Lia (1988), Mantera (1991), Bangau Payang Kolek Sekoci (1993) and etc. Utusan Malaysia, Berita Minggu, Dewan Sastera, Dewan Budaya and lots other are among the media which had helped in publishing his works. Marzuki Ali also works as a part-time lecturer at the National Arts Academy and the Performing Arts Faculty, Mara Technological University (UiTM).
4. WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
William Henry Davies (W.H.D.) was born on the 3rd July 1871 at Portland Street. When he was 2, his father died and he was taken care by his grandparents after his mother remarried. On the 5th of February 1923, he married Helen Payne. W.H.D. was known as a Welsh poet and writer. His work was based on nature, life hardships, his life’s experience and those whom he met. His first book of poetry “The Soul Destroyer” was published by himself using his own money in 1905. In 1918, his “Poet Pilgrimage” portrayed the life when he was at the age of 14. It was the time when he was living with his dying grandfather. W.H.D died on the 26th of September 1940.
REFERENCES
1. http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=2807
2. http://viweb.freehosting.net/vilit_M-SHAN.htm
3. Understanding New Lit LITERATURE COMPONENT for Form 1 to Form 3 (2010) by Christine Tan, Rahmah H.S. and Rose Latiff
