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"Padamu Jua" was written by Amir Hamzah, a Langkat-born Malay writer who studied in Dutch schools. The poem is not dated (indeed, none of Hamzah's works are) [1] Poet Laurens Koster Bohang considers "Padamu Jua" to have been written between 1933 and 1937, [2] while Dutch scholar of Indonesian literature A. Teeuw dates it to 1936/1937. [3]
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]
10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World opens in 1990 with "Tequila Leila", who is a prostitute. [6] [7] The story has her five outcast friends, who don't share a worthy importance in an illiberal country. [6] Leila enters the state of awareness in her last moments, after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul. [8 ...
Johnson's detailed translation, published by the Bombay Education Society in 1893, includes an introduction and analysis by Arabic scholar Shaikh Faizullabhai. [10] A notable commentary titled Ḥall al-ʿUqdah fī Sharḥ Sabʿ Muʿallaqah was written by Momtazuddin Ahmad .
Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. A classic example of a cumulative song, the lyrics detail a series of increasingly numerous gifts given to the speaker by their "true love" on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days that make up the Christmas season, starting with Christmas Day).
el-Manfaluti memorized the Quran before the age of twelve. He studied at Al-Azhar University in Cairo.He translated, and novelized plays from French.Moreover, el-Manfaluti wrote and translated several short stories.
Sitok Srengenge was born Sitok Sunarto in Dorolegi, Purwodadi, Central Java, on 22 August 1965. [3] Though the villagers did not support their children attending school, and elders would chase prospective students away, they maintained a strong oral tradition that Sitok credits with influencing the sonic qualities of his poetry. [4]