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| name = Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana<br>سوتن تقدير علي شاه بنا

| name = Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

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

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

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

| death_place = [[Jakarta]], Indonesia

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

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'''Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana''' (Jawi: '''سوتن تقدير علي شاه بنا'''; February 11, 1908&nbsp;– July 17, 1994), was born in [[Natal, North Sumatra|Natal]], [[North Sumatra]]. His family came from [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]] who migrated there in 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. A renaissance 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 July 17, 1994.

==Biography==