Blogger Rustam Sani Passed Away

Our Deepest Condolences to the family of Allahyarham Rustam Sani.




(11 August 1944 - 23 April 2008)

Author, blogger, and social activist Rustam A Sani passed away early this morning in his house in Gombak, Selangor. He was 64.

He was an academician, a newspaper columnist and a poet, besides being involved in a multitude of political, social and literary activities.

In politics, the Tanjung Malim-born social scientist was formerly the deputy president of Parti Rakyat Malaysia, which have since merged with the Parti Keadilan Nasional to form the PKR.

He left behind a wife and two children - a son and a daughter.

Rustam obtained his Malay Studies degree from Universiti Malaya, and later took his Masters degree in United Kingdom (University of Reading and University of Kent) and later United States (Yale University) and Sweden (Uppsala University).

A prolific writer, he had written half a dozen books in both Bahasa Malaysia and English on a wide range of topic including the Malay left-wing nationalist movement.

Rustam was an associate professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s political science department in the 1980s.
(From Malaysiakini)

RUSTAM SANI (11 Ogos 1944 - 23 April 2008) meninggal dunia di rumahnya di Gombak pada jam 3 pagi ini kerana sakit jantung.

Alamat rumah adalah 7519 Batu 6 3/4, Bkt Lela Gombak. Pengembumian dijangka dijalankan selepas Zohor. Rustam Sani adalah anak kepada pengasas Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API) dan Parti Rakyat, Ahmad Boestamam.

Allahyarham adalah antara penulis dan cendekiawan yang penting di Malaysia. Pada tahun 1988/89, Allahyarham telah dianugerahkan ‘Hadiah Sastera Negara’ dalam kategori esei dan kritik sastera.

Dalam bidang politik, Allahyarham pernah memegang jawatan Timbalan Presiden Parti Rakyat Malaysia (sebelum pergabungan Parti Rakyat Malaysia dan Parti Keadilan Nasional), Ketua Penerangan Parti Keadilan Rakyat dan Ketua Pengarang akhbar parti Suara Keadilan.

Antara buku-buku karya beliau adalah: Melayu Baru: Beberapa Persoalan Sosio-Budaya (1992); Politik dan Polemik Bahasa Melayu (1993); Melayu Baru dan Bangsa Malaysia: Tradisi Cendekia dan Krisis Budaya (1993); Menjelang Reformasi (2004); Ke Mana Nasionalisme Melayu? (2004); dan Bercanda dengan Mahathir (2006).

Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat.
(From Suara Keadilan)

AL-FATHIHAH