Rahimidin Zahari

Rahimidin Zahari (March 28, 1968, Bachah, Keranji, Kelantan – May 14, 2015, Kuala Lumpur) was a Malaysian poet.
Short biography.
In 2003, he graduated from the University of Sciences of Malaysia (Penang), department of fine arts. In the years 1988-1989. participated in the program of literary creativity at the same university.
Participant of the Second ASEAN Writers' Conference in the Philippines and Istiqlal II Festival in Indonesia, representative of Malaysia at the International Festival of Poetry "Kuala Lumpur 2002", participant of the Poetry Festival "South Korea-ASEAN" (Seoul, December 10–16, 2010). He was also keen of traditional art forms. The last years of his life he was the editor of the quarterly theater magazine "Pentas" (Stage), as well as the treasurer of the organization "National Writer" (Pena).
Creativity.
In addition to poetry, he also wrote plays and novels. One of the plays "Rebab Berbisik" was successfully shown in April. 2011 on the small stage of the prestigious "Palace of Culture" in Kuala Lumpur. The theme of the short stories is the correlation of tradition and modernity, sadness about the disappearing traditions of Malay culture, especially the shadow puppet theater wayang".
Impression.
...  The poet’s poems are full of images, mystery and subtle sensations. Many of them permeate the sense of the inevitability of our departure from earthly life. But this is not pessimism: beyond the visible life is eternity. - Victor A. Pogadaev 