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Harun Aminurrashid

Died in 1986

Harun bin Mohd Amin, known as Harun Aminurrashid, was born on 8 August 1907 in Telok Kurau, in Singapore. A pupil of the Malay school of Telok Kurau, he trained at Sultan Idris College in Tanjung Malim, where he later became a teacher. Appointed in 1939 head of Malay education in Brunei, he stayed there during the war, then returned to Singapore. A novelist from 1930, the author of nearly sixty books, he edited magazines and also wrote under the names Har, Gustam Negara, Atma Jiwa and Si Ketuit. He died on 9 November 1986.

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