Sasterawan Negara yang ke-6, 1991. Penerima S.E.A. Write Awards 1997. Tokoh Anugerah Akademik Negara 2008.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Haji Salleh dilahirkan pada 26 Mac 1942. Beliau mendapat pendidikan awal di High School Bukit Mertajam ,Bukit Mertajam, Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar dan Malayan Teachers College Brinsford Lodge, England. Setelah itu, beliau menuntut di Universiti Malaya, Singapura dan mendapat Ijazah Sarjana Sastera. Beliau kemudiannya melanjutkan pengajian ke Universiti Michigan, Amerika Syarikat di mana beliau mendapat Ph. D.
Kerjayanya bermula sebagai seorang guru di Trade School Butterworth pada tahun 1960 dan kemudiannya meneruskan perkhidmatan perguruannya di beberapa buah sekolah hinggalah menjadi tutor, pensyarah, pensyarah kana
Bai Juyi (Chinese: 白居易; 772–846), or Bo Juyi (Wade–Giles: Po Chü-i) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made as a government official, including as governor of three different provinces. Bai Juyi was also renowned in Japan. Burton Watson says of Bai Juyi: "he worked to develop a style that was simple and easy to understand, and posterity has requited his efforts by making him one of the most well-loved and widely read of all Chinese poets, both in his native land and in the other countries of the East that participate in the appreciation of Chinese culture. He is also, thanks to the translations and biographical studies by Arthur Waley, one of the most accessible to English readers".
