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Taufiq Ismail (born 25 June 1935) is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine Horison. [1] Ismail figured prominently in Indonesian literature of the post-Sukarno period and is considered one of the pioneers of the "Generation of '66". [2]
Amir’s arranged marriage is thought to have heavily influenced Nyanyi Sunyi.. Amir Hamzah (1911–1946) was a Dutch-educated Malay writer of noble descent and devout Muslim.
Ibn Mu‘ṭī al-Zawāwī (ابن معطي الزواوي)—Abū 'l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Nur Zayn al-Dīn al-Zawāwī, [2] or Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī ibn ‘Abdannūr az-Zawāwī (c. 1168-1169 – 1231 CE (564–628 AH)); was a Ḥanafī faqīh (jurist), grammarian, poet and philologian of the Maghreb and the author of first versified grammatical work ...
Buah Rindu contains twenty-three titled poems and two untitled pieces: a short quatrain at the beginning of the book and a three-line dedication at the end. [9] The closing dedication reads "to the lord, Greater Indonesia / to the ashes of the Mother-Queen / and to the feet of the Sendari-Goddess", [a] [10] Achdiat Karta Mihardja, a classmate of Amir's, writes that Amir's Javanese sweetheart ...
A semi-autobiographical novel that cuts across several genres - historical, travel, mystery, and romance - Pulau Renik Ungu depicts Zaidah, a Malaysian university lecturer who travels the world for her doctoral research.
Deknong Kemalawati was born on 2 April 1965, in Meulaboh, Aceh.She graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Syiah Kuala University, and worked as a mathematics teacher in high school.
Sitor Situmorang (2 October 1924 – 21 December 2014) was an Indonesian poet, essayist and writer of short stories. Situmorang was born in Harianboho, North Sumatra, and educated in Jakarta.
The grammarian Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahhas (d. 949 CE) says in his commentary on the Mu'allaqat: "The true view of the matter is this: when Hammad al-Rawiya saw how little men cared for poetry, he collected these seven pieces, urged people to study them, and said to them: 'These are the [poems] of renown.'" [2] [3] Orfali suggests that the ...