Daripada sungai yang mengalir, memanah haruan di baruh dan banjir yang menenggelamkan sawah, Shahnon Ahmad hanyalah kanak-kanak dari desa yang hidup mesra dengan alam semula jadi yang melingkari. Dalam langkahan menuju citra sebagai sasterawan, beliau menukilkan metaformosis karyanya daripada mentah dan sogokan mesej yang jelas berubah menjadi siratan, alegori serta kiasan yang menghunus kebobrokan yang berbaur dalam masyarakat. Berbekalkan pengalaman bergelumang dengan pelbagai lapisan manusia, warna-warni ini membuahkan pandangan yang sehingga kini, meletakkan Shahnon Ahmad pada darjahnya yang tersendiri. Autobiografi Shahnon Ahmad: Perjalananku Sejauh Ini merupakan penulisan tulus daripada hati yang menyentuh soal kehidupan, politik dan tentunya, sastera yang mengisi hidupnya dari awal dewasa hingga usia meniti senja.
Author
Dato' Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad (born 1933 in Sik, Kedah) is a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a former Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He is also a Professor Emeritus at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang. Shahnon has written a number books, one of the most notable being Shit @ PukiMak @ PM (1999), a controversial political satire. The book makes allegorical references to the ruling coalition government, Barisan Nasional (BN), its major component party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamed. There were attempts by the government to ban this book and to strip Shahnon of his literary title. Some novels written by Shahnon include Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan (1966)—which has been adapted into a film called Rice People directed by Cambodian film director Rithy Panh, Rentong (1965), Srengenge (1973)—which won the Malaysian Novel of the Year in 1970, and Terdedah (1965). Shahnon is also a member of opposition political party PAS. In the 1999 general election, he contested in the Parliamentary constituency of Sik (P.13) in which he won. He did not contest in the 2004 general election which saw PAS losing that seat to BN. Source: Wikipedia
