Chairil Anwar

Chairil Anwar was one of the famed figures of the “1945 Generation,” that group of luminaries who brought heat and light to Indonesian literature in the formative years of the new nation.

Through his poetry, Chairil Anwar succeeded in infusing Indonesian verse with a new spirit and bringing a new enthusiasm to Indonesia’s cultural arena. He also provided friends and acquaintances with never-ending tales to tell of his personal eccentricities, including his hobby of stealing books from the shops, his tendency to plagiarize from foreign poets, his many lovers, his numerous ailments, and his bohemian lifestyle.

Born on July 22, 1922 in Medan, North Sumatera, Chairil attended the Hollands Inlandsche School (HIS), a Dutch elementary school for “n

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He established the Teater Workshop in Yogyakarta during 1967 but also the Teater Rendra Workshop in Depok.

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Theatres:
* Orang-orang di Tikungan Jalan (1954)
* SEKDA (1977)
* Mastodon dan Burung Kondor (1972)
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* Oedipus Sang Raja (Translated from Oedipus Rex by Sophokles)
* Kasidah Barzanji
* Perang Troya Tidak Akan Meletus (Translated from La Guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu by Jean Giraudoux)

Poems:
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Syed Hussein Alatas

Syed Hussein Alatas (September 17, 1928 – January 23, 2007) was a Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organizations, and former politician. He was once Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya in the 1980s, and formed the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). Syed Hussein wrote several books on corruption, multi-racialism, imperialism, and intellectual captivity as part of the colonial, and post colonial, project, the most famous being The Myth of the Lazy Native.
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Shahnon Ahmad

Dato' Haji Shahnon bin Ahmad (born 1933 in Sik, Kedah) is a Malaysian writer, a National Laureate, and a former Member of Parliament. He was awarded with the National Literary Award in 1982. He is also a Professor Emeritus at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang.

Shahnon has written a number books, one of the most notable being Shit @ PukiMak @ PM (1999), a controversial political satire. The book makes allegorical references to the ruling coalition government, Barisan Nasional (BN), its major component party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamed. There were attempts by the government to ban this book and to strip Shahnon of his literary title.

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Wiji Thukul

Wiji Thukul Wijaya lahir di Sala 24 Agustus 1963 sebagai anak tukang becak dari keluarga Katolik. Selepas SMP, selama kurang dari dua tahun dia belajar di sekolah Menengah Karawitan Indonesia, sampai putus sekolah pada 1980.

Di Solo, Thukul dibesarkan di kampung miskin yang sebagian besar penghuninya hidup dari menarik becak. Ketika itu bis kota mulai menguasai jalanan, mengakibatkan penderitaan yang berkepanjangan bagi para tukang becak yang penghasilannya semakin merosot. Rentenirpun telah menjadi pengunjung tetap yang kedatanganya selalu menggelisahkan para penghuni kampung.

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Bibliography:
* Kranji-Bekasi Jatuh (1947)
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* Bukan Pasarmalam (1951)
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Sapardi Djoko Damono

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Masa mudanya dihabiskan di Surakarta. Pada masa ini ia sudah menulis sejumlah karya yang dikirimkan ke majalah-majalah. Kesukaannya menulis ini berkembang saat ia menempuh kuliah di bidang bahasa Inggris di Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta.

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Eka Kurniawan

Eka Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya in 1975 and completed his studies in the Faculty of Philosophy at Gadjah Mada University. He has been described as the “brightest meteorite” in Indonesia’s new literary firmament, the author of two remarkable novels which have brought comparisons to Salman Rushdie, Gabriel García Márquez and Mark Twain; the English translations of these novels were both published in 2015—Man Tiger by Verso Books, and Beauty is a Wound by New Directions in North America and Text Publishing in Australia. Kurniawan has also written movie scripts, a graphic novel, essays on literature and two collections of short stories. He currently resides in Jakarta.

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* Mata Gelap (1914)
* Student Hidjo (1918)
* Matahariah (1919)
* Rasa Mardika (1918) and reprinted 1931
* Sair Rempah-rempah (1918)
* Sair Sama Rasa Sama Rata (1917)
* Babad Tanah Djawi (1924-1925)
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