Malaysian literature

right|thumb|A copy of the Hang Tuah Saga in display. Hikayat (Jawi: ; ) (or hikajat), which may be translated as "Romances", represent a genre of literature popular in Malay and Sikh literature and can be written in both verse and prose. Hikayat often mix past- and present-tense such that past events appear to be prophesied. Texts in this genre are meant to be publicly performed and are also often self-referential, in which they record examples of the recitation of other hikayat.

14th-century Malay inscription

Malaysian writer and politician (1933–2017)

Literature of Malaysia

Malaysian writer (1941–2021)