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| name = Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|02|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Natal, North Sumatra|Natal]], [[Dutch East Indies]]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|07|17|1908|02|11|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Jakarta]], Indonesia

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| notableworks = ''[[Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam]]''<br>''[[Layar Terkembang]]''

| spouse =Dr. Margaret Axer

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| children =Tamalia Alisjahbana, Marita Alisjahbana, Marga Alisjahbana, dan Mario Alisjahbana.

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'''Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana''' (February 11, February 1908&nbsp;– July 17, July 1994), was an Indonesian author.

He was born in [[Natal, North Sumatra|Natal]], [[North Sumatra]]. His family came from [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]] who migrationmigrated there in the 19th century. He was a founder and editor of ''[[Poedjangga Baroe]]''. He became one of Indonesian literature's guiding lights in its formative years, particularly in the time around independence. Sutan Takdir believed that Indonesia could learn from the values of [[western culture|western civilization]] and remained a great exponent of modernism throughout his life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Alisjahbana, S. Takdir (Sutan Takdir), 1908-1994 {{!}} Southeast Asia Digital Library |url=https://sea.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/SEAImages:YL-PG-001-ALISJAHBANA-MFE |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=sea.lib.niu.edu |language=en}}</ref> A renaissanceRenaissance man himself&nbsp;– the author of numerous books on a range of subjects&nbsp;– he was working on a novel at the time of his death in 1994. The famous novel, ''[[Layar Terkembang]]'', showed him as a progressive author. He died in [[Jakarta]] on 17 July 17, 1994.

==Biography==

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Together with [[Amir Hamzah]] and [[Armijn Pane]], they founded and edited a journal that contained the best work of prewar writers, called ''[[Poedjangga Baroe]]'' (The New Writer), and the journal was first published in 1933. In 1953, he edited ''Konfrontasi'' (Confrontation) as a substitute for ''Poedjangga Baroe''.<ref name="raffel33"/>

Under [[Japanese occupation of Indonesiathe Dutch East Indies|Japanese occupation]], in 1943 he became a secretary of the Komisi Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Language Commission). From 1946 to 1948, he was a professor of the Indonesian language at National University, Jakarta.<ref name="raffel33"/>

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* Tak Putus Dirundung Malang (novel, 1929)

* Dian Tak Kunjung Padam (novel, 1932)

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DOCTOR HC University Kebangsaan Malaysia

* [[Japan Foundation]]: Japan Foundation Award, 1992.<ref>[http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/about/award/index.html Japan Foundation Award, 1992.]</ref>-->

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==Bibliography==

* {{cite book |title=Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry |url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=CWJMbS4NwhwC |first=Burton |last=Raffel |publisher=State University of New York Press |___location=Albany, NY |year=1968 |origyearorig-year=1967 |edition=2nd |isbn=978-0-87395-024-4 |ref=harv}}

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| name = Alisjahbana, Sutan Takdir

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| short description = Indonesian novelist and poet

| date of birth = 1908-02-11

| place of birth = [[Natal, North Sumatra|Mandailing, Natal]], [[North Sumatra]], [[Dutch East Indies]]

| date of death = 1994-07-17

| place of death = [[Jakarta]], Indonesia

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