Celebrated Malaysian writer and academic K.S. Maniam passed away on February 19. We pay tribute to him and look back at his legacy within the Malaysian literary landscape.

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Juliet Jacobs, Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories:  Education,  Film,  Politics,  Social Issues,  Performing Arts,  History,  People and Places

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  The Daily Digest,  KS Maniam,  novelist,  poet,  playwright,  The Return,  In a Far Country,  Between Lives,  theatre,  Five Arts Centre,  The Cord,  The Sandpit: Womensis,  The Skin Trilogy,  Malaysian literary landscape,  Raja Rao Award,  The New Straits Times–McDonald short-story contest,  The New Straits Times–Shell contest,