What's Left & Other Poems
The Lontar Foundation
Taufik Ikram Jamil’s poetry is filled with references to the geography, history and classic Malay literature. With their Malay flavor and diction, his poems convey a tension between the past and present, between the colloquial and the literary, and between regionalism and nationalism. The poet bequeaths the wealth of the Malay language.
Taufik Ikram Jamil (Author)
Taufik Ikram Jamil was born in Teluk Belitung in 1963 and lives in Pekanbaru, both in Riau. Although a teacher by training, he worked as a journalist for 19 years. He is now an advisor and trustee of several cultural institutions in Riau and has been named both a “Guardian of Artistic Tradition” and an “Arts Laureate.”
