Dinsman (, Kampung Raja, Jitra, Kedah) is a Malaysian poet, playwright and theatre practitioner. Dinsman is his penname, his real name being Che Shamsudin Osman.
He received his secondary education at a Muslim school in Alor Setar and a Muslim college in Petaling Jaya (1969-1970). In 1974 he graduated from University of Malaya. In the years 1974-1979 worked at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library. Later he organized the theater group "Teater Elit" (1979) and initiated the creation of the popular vocal trio Kopratasa. In 2008, he founded the organization "Artists with the People" (Paksi), which since January 2015 holds every month poetry evenings in one of the madrasah of Kuala Lumpur.
He wrote several plays: "Jebat" (1973), "Protes" (âÂÂProtestâÂÂ, 1972), "Bukan Bunuh Diri" (âÂÂNot suicideâ 1974), Ana (1976), "Di Pulau Sadandi" (âÂÂOn the Island of Sadandiâ 1977), "Project Izie" (1982), "Siapakah Takutkan Amerika?â ( Who's Afraid of America?, 1996), "Nabi Yusuf" (2005, The Prophet Yusuf), âÂÂTamu dari Medan PerangâÂÂ(âÂÂThe Guests from the War Fieldâ 2006), "Apokalipso " (âÂÂThe ApocalypseâÂÂ, 2008) "Menunggu Kata dari Tuhan" (Waiting for the Word of God, 2009). Almost all of them are absurdist in nature, undoubtedly influenced by the Western playwrights, in particular Ionesco. His credo is: "The more viewers do not understand the content of the play, the more successful it is". His poetry is mostly of a protest and satirical nature. In the 21st century he staged two innovative performances: theatre atop the tree (2016, on the basis of Usman AwangâÂÂs poetry) and theatre on the paddy field (2017, on the basis of Usman AwangâÂÂs play âÂÂUda dan DaraâÂÂ). He writes also publicist books such as âÂÂMencari Kewajaran Islam di Malaysiaâ (To Look for Islamic Fairness in Malaysia, 2017)