# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-samad-said
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:56:09.502Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-samad-said"
name: "A. Samad Said"
slug: "a-samad-said"
description: "Abdul Samad bin Mohamed Said is a Malaysian novelist and poet. In May 1976, he was named by Malaysia literature communities and many of the country's linguists as the Pejuang Sastera [Literary Exponent] receiving, within the following decade, the 1979 Southeast Asia Write Award and, in 1986, in appreciation of his continuous writings and contributions to the nation's literary heritage, or Kesusasteraan Melayu, the title Sasterawan Negara or Malaysian National Laureate. He was the recipient for the 2024 Merdeka Award for his contributions to Malay literature"
tagline: "Malaysian writer and National Laurete (born 1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A._Samad_Said.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-04-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.962997333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/asamadsaid"
    handle:    "asamadsaid"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%99%E6%9C%AB%E8%B5%9B%E7%9B%8A"
    title: "沙末赛益"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Samad_Said"
    title: "A. Samad Said"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A2%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%AB%D5%A4"
    title: "Աբդուլ Սամադ Սաիդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Samad_Said"
    title: "A. Samad Said"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Абдул Самад Саид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%92%DB%94_%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AF"
    title: "اے۔ صمد سعید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samad_Said"
    title: "Samad Said"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1089525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump