Tengku Amir Hamzah was an Indonesian poet and National Hero of Indonesia. Born into an aristocratic family in the Sultanate of Langkat in North Sumatra, he was educated in both Sumatra and Java. Whilst attending senior high school in Surakarta around 1930, the youth became involved with the … [Read more...]
Anak Agung Pandji Tisna
Anak Agung Pandji Tisna, was the 11th descendent of the Padji Sakti dynasty of Buleleng in the northern part of Bali, Indonesia. Known in his youth as I Gusti Nyoman Pandji Tisna, was the eldest son of Putu Jelantik, ruler of Buleleng, a vassal state of the Netherlands East Indies. He studied in … [Read more...]
Andari Deswandhy
A sixteen-year-old girl who has been educated by foreign school systems since early childhood. As a result, she felt that she had to change this reality somehow. Andari began to learn about her Indonesian heritage by reading Indonesian folktales. Unfortunately, hardly any of the folktales she … [Read more...]
Andi Gunawan
Andi Gunawan has been falling in love with poetry since junior high school. He writes about love, acceptance and rejection. In his poetry, he often places himself as a woman – as he believes that there is a woman inside him. … [Read more...]