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Cecep Syamsul Hari (born May 1, 1967, in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian poet. He is the editor of Horison Monthly literary magazine . [ 1 ] Besides poems, he has published selected essays, critics, short-stories, a fictocriticism novel, and some translation-works.
The title Poedjangga Baru literally translates to "New Writer". However, the term "Poedjangga" (after the 1972 spelling reform, spelled "pujangga") has further connotations. The Old Javanese word "bhujangga", from which "pujangga" is derived, is rooted in a Sanskrit word associated with religious learning. As such, the title implies noble ...
Anwar first read "Aku" at the Jakarta Cultural Centre in July 1943. [1] It was then printed in Pemandangan under the title "Semangat" ("Spirit"); according to Indonesian literary documentarian HB Jassin, this was to avoid censorship and to better promote the nascent independence movement. [2] "