Born Madiun (Feb 01, 1924) Died (Jul 18, 1995)

An Indonesian poet, short-story writer, essayist and literary critic. Born in Madiun, East Java, he was educated at Gadjah Mada University, Cornell University and Yale University. For many years, he was a director of Balai Pustaka, a publishing firm in Indonesia, as well as a senior lecturer at Salisbury College of Advanced Education and Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. In the summer of 1984, he was a guest instructor at Ohio University, teaching Indonesian.. Indonesian poet short-story writer essayist and literary critic.1