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'''Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana''' (February 11, 1908-July 17, 1994), was born in [[Natal, North Sumatra|Natal]], [[North Sumatra]]. His family came from [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]] who migration in 19th century. He was a founder and editor of [[Pujangga Baru]]. 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 civilization and remained a great exponent of modernism throughout his life. A renaissance man himself - the authors of tens book on a range of subjects - 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 July 17, 1994. ▼
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▲'''Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana''' (February 11, 1908-July 17, 1994), was born in [[Natal, North Sumatra|Natal]], [[North Sumatra]]. His family came from [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]] who migration in 19th century. He was a founder and editor of [[Pujangga Baru]]. 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 civilization and remained a great exponent of modernism throughout his life. A renaissance man himself - the authors of tens book on a range of subjects - 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 July 17, 1994.
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Alisjahbana was born on 11 February 1908.<ref name="raffel33">{{harvnb|Raffel|1968|p=33}}</ref>
His first novel, ''Tak Putus Dirundung Malang'' (Misfortune without End) was published by [[Balai Pustaka]] in 1929.<ref name="raffel33"/>
Together with [[Amir Hamzah]] and [[Armijn Pane]], they founded and edited a journal that contained the best work of prewar writers, called ''Pudjangga Baru'' (The New Writer), and the journal was first published in 1933. In 1953, he edited ''Konfrontasi'' (Confrontation) as a substitute for ''Pudjangga Baru''.<ref name="raffel33"/>
Under [[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)
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==Honors==
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>-->
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CWJMbS4NwhwC |first=Burton |last=Raffel |publisher=State University of New York Press |___location=Albany, NY |year=1968 |origyear=1967 |edition=2nd |isbn=9780873950244 |ref=harv}}
[[Category:1908 births]]
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