The Literary and Debating Society of Sultan Abdul Hamid College in 1940. Seated from left: Ahmad Nordin, Khir Johari, Tiddemand, Mahathir Mohamad, Zulkifli Hashim.
Shahnon bin Ahmad was a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He was also a Professor Emeritus at Universiti Sains
Shahnon Ahmad in 2012, with his wife Wan Fatimah looking on in the background