Born Payakumbuh, currently resides in Payakumbuh
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He is a teacher and private sector employee, as well as a prolific and award-winning author of short stories, novels, and screenplays. His short story anthology Sebutir Peluru Dalam Buku (A Bullet in a Book, 2011) narrates the struggle of a poor community against the major corporations that exploit their land.1