Za'ba

Zainal Abidin Ahmad, juga dikenali sebagai Za'ba merupakan seorang sasterawan dan pemikir Melayu keturunan Minangkabau yang giat menulis sekitar tahun 1940-an. Berdasarkan pencapaiannya dalam bidang kesusasteraan, beliau merupakan salah seorang budak kampung yang berjaya meletakkan dirinya sebagai seorang tokoh yang terkemuka dalam sejarah Malaysia.

Beliau merupakan seorang cendekiawan Melayu yang dihormati dan selama hampir 40 tahun, aktif dalam kegiatan penulisan termasuk penterjemahan. Aktiviti beliau juga tertumpu kepada penerbitan buku sekolah dan bacaan umum di Biro Penterjemahan, Maktab Perguruan Sultan Idris.

Dilahirkan di Kampung Bukit Kerdas, Batu Kikir, Negeri Sembilan, Za'ba menerima pendidikan awalnya di sebuah sekolah Melayu di

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