Book titled “Warna Suasana” by Masuri S.N.

Warna Suasana was Singapore Malay literary pioneer Masuri SN’s second poetry anthology, comprising his works composed between the years 1950 – 1956 which were previously unpublished.Masuri SN was born in Singapore in 1927, and began his literary career almost in tandem with his career as a Malay teacher in the 1940s to 1950s. He was one of the founding members of Angkatan Sasterawan’50 or ASAS’50, a Malay literary organization which believed in the task of art as a means for the betterment of society. His first poetry anthology, Awan Putih, was published in 1958. Since then, Masuri regularly wrote and published his works up to his passing in 2005.