Monday, December 08, 2014

E-SASTERA-HESCOM

 HESCOM 2014 ESASTERA


E-Sastera Malaysia is the only; if not the earliest; portal in the SEA Region promoting 100% literary works in Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) especially poetry in the cyberspace. It is founded by Professor Dr. Irwan Abu Bakar along with Mdm Hasimah Harun - his wife and other inspiring people in the industry who supported the brilliant idea. 


E-Sastera is open to all walks of life - regardless of country, nationality, race, religion, age etc. (if you are interested in literature especially if you are shy to show your talent - poetry, essay etc. - this is the place you should be considering)


What surprises me most is the fact that Professor Dr. Ir. Wan Abu Bakar is a Professional Engineer cum Professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering in the leading university in Malaysia - University of Malaya (UM) - basically a technical person having genuine enthusiasm in the field of literature.



I am one of the earliest associate in early 2004 by suggesting and contributed a Challenge Trophy dubbed as E-Sastera HESCOM Award a.k.a. Nik Zafri's Challenge Trophy - the main prize for the best cyberspace literary works on e-sastera.


The rest is history. They become a registered association (Malaysian E-Literature/Arts Activist Association - Persatuan Aktivis E-Sastera Malaysia), publishers, making headlines in the media etc - basically geared towards becoming a major empire of cyber literature enterprising - drawing the attention of big names in Malaysian literature such as Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka (Malay for The Institute of Language and Literature) (abbreviated DBP) is the government body responsible for co-ordinating the use of the Malay language in Malaysia and Brunei) and famous & legendary poets, writers, GAPENA (National Writers Association), corporate sectors etc.

Visit : http://www.esastera2u.com/ for more info