Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof
Native name
ਗੁਲਾਮ-ਸਰਵਰ ਯੁਸੂਫ
Born(1939-11-21)21 November 1939
Died10 November 2022(2022-11-10) (aged 82)
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityMalaysian
EducationDepartment of Drama and Theatre
Alma materUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Notable awardsInternational Award for Outstanding Contribution for Humanity, Peace, Culture and Education (Forum for Culture and Human Development, Bangladesh) (2001)
- Dove Award for Excellence in Poetry awarded (Poetry Day Australia), (2001)

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof (Punjabi: ਗੁਲਾਮ-ਸਰਵਰ ਯੁਸੂਫ, romanized: Gulāma-saravara yusūpha; 21 November 1939 – 10 November 2022) was a Malaysian academic and writer.[1]

He published three collections of verse: Performed Memories (1982), Songs for Shooting Stars: Mystical Verse (2011) and Transient Moments (2012).

One book said "Ghulam Sarwar’s contemporary poetry and Wordsworth’s poems from the Romantic era have a very similar and strong affinity with nature."[2]

Death

Yousof died on 10 November 2022, at the age of 82.[3]

References

  1. ^ UM Expert Archived 26 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Curriculum Vitae of Dato' Prof. Dr. Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof.
  2. ^ Amatulhafeez Alvi, Ravichandran Vengadasamy, and Amrah Binti Abdul Majid, “The Philosophy of Nature in the Poetry of Ghulam Sarwar Yousuf and William Wordsworth: A Comparative Ecocritical Analysis,” GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies 19(2019), 327–345 (343).
  3. ^ "Mak Yong dance expert Ghulam-Sarwar passes away at 83". The Star. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.