Anis Sabirin

Anis Sabirin (born 1 March 1936), also known as Anis Sabirin Ramzi, is a Malaysian writer of fiction and nonfiction, known for her feminist writings in the 1960s.

Early life and education Anis Sabirin was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on 1 March 1936. After studying both Malay and English in grade school, she attended the University of Malaya, Singapore campus, now the National University of Singapore.

She began publishing stories and articles in various publications including , notably "Realisme Sebagai Satu Aliran Sastera" in 1962. Since then, she has lived in San Francisco and Los Angeles for several decades, working in the economic field.

Though she was a pioneer of Malaysia's 1960s feminist wave, her later work has garnered less recognition. Persona, her 1994 collection of 16 short stories, centers on women building their own identities independently of men in their lives. In 2008, she published a memoir titled Dua Dunia ("Two Worlds"), which deals with her experiences in the United States.