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Alisyahbana, Sutan Takdir

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Alisyahbana, Sutan Takdir 

Born Feb. 11, 1908, in Natal. Indonesian writer and scientific philologist.

In 1933, Alisyahbana founded the independent literary journal Pujangga Baru. He is the author of the novels Amid Unending Misfortunes (1929), Inextinguishable Lamp (1932), and The Girl in the Outlaws’ Nest (1941) and the verse collection Torn Clouds (1935). His novel Unfurled Sails (1936), which deals with the struggle to emancipate Indonesian women, is especially well known.

WORKS

“Istoriia razvitiia iazyka i literatury Indonezii.” Vestnik istorii mirovoi kul’tury, 1957, no. 3.

REFERENCES

Sikorskii, V. V. Indoneziiskaia literatura. Moscow, 1965.
Zuber, U. Kesusasteraan Baru Indonesia. Jakarta, 1961.
Jassin, H. B. Pujangga Baru. Prosa dan Puisinya. Jakarta, 1963.

N. M. SMUROVA



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