Azrin Fauzi
Author · 7 books
Azrin Fauzi (b. 1992, Malaysia) is a Penang-born writer and curator based in Kuala Lumpur. He is the author of three short story collections: Urban (2015), Metaskandal (2018), and Amok-Imago (2022). His short stories and essays have been published in Mekong Review, Samovar, ArtsEquator, and other Malaysian anthologies, journals, literary magazines, and newspapers. He was a recipient of the Selangor Literary Prize in 2017, 2019, and 2021 for his short stories, and also in 2018 for his essay. In 2019, he co-curated Pesta Playlet, an artist-run non-profit common ground for performance-based initiative through community building, research, workshop, discourse and publications, organised by the Ensembel Teater Kaos Nol. He was selected to represent Malaysia in the 2019 MASTERA Writing Programme: Essay in Bandung, Indonesia, organised by the Southeast Asia Literary Council (MASTERA). In 2024, he was also selected to represent Malaysia in the Liangzhu Forum in Hangzhou, China. He was a recipient of the 2023 Penang State Literary Award for Amok-Imago. Other than writing, he loves watching slow cinema.
