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Anwar opined that Amir, through Nyanyi Sunyi, brought a new style to the Indonesian language, with its "compactly violent, sharp, and yet short" sentences. [1] In a 1945 article he wrote (translation by Raffel), "Before Amir (Hamzah) one could call the old poetry a destructive force; but what a bright light he shone on the new language". [1]
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 ...
Anwar wrote that the poet was the "summit of the Pudjangga Baru movement", considering Nyanyi Sunyi to have been a "bright light he [Amir] shone on the new language"; [128] however, Anwar disliked Buah Rindu, considering it too classical. [135] Balfas describes Amir's works as "the best literary products to surpass their time". [136]
"Padamoe Djoea" (Republican Spelling: "Padamu Djua"; Perfected Spelling: "Padamu Jua"; Indonesian for "To You Alone") is a 28-line poem by Amir Hamzah which was included in his 1937 collection Nyanyi Sunyi. Hamzah's best-praised work, readings have generally focused on religious themes – mainly from an Islamic perspective, although Christian ...
In 1962 documentarian HB Jassin compiled all of Amir's remaining works – except the book Sastera Melajoe Lama dan Radja-Radja'nja – as Amir Hamzah: Radja Penjair Pudjangga Baru. [1] Born in Langkat to Malay nobility, Amir completed his education at schools run by the Dutch colonial government in several cities on Sumatra and Java. [2]
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Buah Rindu (1941) – Amir Hamzah; Das Buch der Bilder (trans. The Book of Images) (1902–1906) - Rainer Maria Rilke; Cables to the Ace (1968) - Thomas Merton; Caedmon manuscript; Canzoni (1911) - Ezra Pound; Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer; The Cantos - Ezra Pound; Cathay (1915) - Ezra Pound; Chaitali - Rabindranath Tagore; Chhabi O Gan ...
Amir Hamza (3 May 1931 – 23 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi poet, [a] freedom fighter, [2] and convicted murderer. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In recognition of his contribution to literature, he was posthumously awarded the highest civilian medal of Bangladesh, the Independence Award in 2022, which was later reverted on 18 March 2022.