Born in West Sumatra and educated in Yogyakarta, Sulfiza writes essays, short stories and novels. Winner of the Perhutani Green Pen Award (2014), Winner of the Sayembara Menulis Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta with a script titled Simpul Waktu (2012), First Prize in the Lomba Cerpen Pesantren Mahasiswa … [Read more...]
Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana
He was a founder and editor of Poedjangga Baroe. He became one of Indonesian literature's guiding lights in its formative years, particularly in the time around independence. Sutan Takdir believed that Indonesia could learn from the values of western civilization and remained a great exponent of … [Read more...]
Sutardji Calzoum Bachri
Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, known as Tardji, is a well-known Indonesian poet. A native Malay speaker, he successfully launched a credo of 'freeing words of their meanings'. He was nicknamed the "bottle poet" for a preference, early in his career, for accompanying readings of his work with bottles of … [Read more...]
