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Meet Ramlee Jalimin Jalimin

Place of birth: Kampung Bayangan, Keningau.

About Ramlee Jalimin Jalimin

Known by a pen-name 'Tinta Dewata', born in Kampung Bayangan, Keningau in 1959, also a retired teacher. Started writing since 1979 and his first work was in the form of a short story and was published in the Sabah Times newspaper. Tinta Dewata, who holds a master's degree in Education from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, has won the 2015 Novel Writing Contest award and has won the Short Story prize organized by YADIM Daily Express.

 


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