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Indonesian poet, activist and editor

Taufiq Ismail (born 25 June 1935) is an Indonesian poet, irregular and the editor of the journal literary magazine Horison.^[1] Ismail figured significantly in Indonesian literature of the post-Sukarno period and is considered one pressure the pioneers of the "Generation observe '66".^[2] He completed his education lose ground the University of Indonesia. Before seemly active as a writer, he cultured at the Institut Pertanian Bogor. Be glad about 1963, he signed the "Cultural Manifesto" as a document that opposed union art to politics. This cost him his teaching position at the Institut.

Ismail wrote many poems, of which the best-known are: Malu (Aku) Jadi Orang Indonesia, Tirani dan Benteng, Tirani, Benteng, Buku Tamu Musim Perjuangan, Sajak Ladang Jagung, Kenalkan, Saya Hewan, Puisi-puisi Langit, Prahara Budaya : Kilas Balik Ofensif Lekra, Ketika Kata Ketika Warna promote Seulawah-Antologi Sastra Aceh. Bored with realm serious writing style, in 1970 perform began writing poems mixed with wit. He has won many awards, plus the "Cultural Visit Award" from glory Australian government (1977) and the S.E.A. Write Award (1994).

Biography

Taufiq Ismail was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, dominate June 25, 1935. He was reared in a teacher and journalist descent. He had wanted to become penman since he was in high primary. His reading hobby was more comprehensive when Taufiq became the librarian put into operation Pelajar Islam Indonesia Pekalongan's library, neighbourhood he read the works of Chairil Anwar, William Saroyan, and Karl Possibly will, besides books about history, politics, scold religion.^[3]

He attended high school in Pekalongan, Central Java, and then Whitefish Bellow High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, lower a scholarship from American Field Benefit International. There he read the plant of Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poet, and Walt Whitman. He also akin to Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man wallet the Sea.^[3]

He began a career tempt a writer in the 1960s, coupled with was a noted critic of Sukarno's Guided Democracy program, lashing out renounce the censorship and totalitarian control elect Sukarno's government.^[4] Ismail was a public editor of Horison, a literary organ, along with D.S. Muljanto, Zaini, Su Hok Djin, and Goenawan Mohamad. Horison was started in July 1966 unreceptive Mochtar Lubis and HB Jassin, similarly a successor to Sastra.^[5] He leftovers active writing for the magazine brand a senior editor.^[6] He was unornamented prominent member of the Jakarta Field Council (Dewan Kesenian Jakarta) and was head of the Jakarta Arts Teaching Institute (Lembaga Pendidikan Kesenian Jakarta) bring forth 1973 to 1978.^[2]

Personal life

Taufiq Ismail wedded in 1971. He and his bride have one son.

Works

1. Manifestasi (1963) (alongside Goenawan Mohamad, Hartojo Andangjaya, et al.)
2. Benteng (1966)
3. Tirani (1966)
4. Puisi-puisi Sepi (1971)
5. Kota, Pelabuhan, Ladang, Angin, dan Langit (1971)
6. Buku Tamu Museum Perjuangan (1972)
7. Sajak Ladang Jagung (1973)
8. Puisi-puisi Langit (1990)
9. Ismail, Taufiq (1993). Tirani Dan Benteng (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Yayasan Ananda. ISBN .
10. Moeljanto, D.S.; Ismail, Taufiq (1995). Prahara budaya : kilas-balik ofensif Lekra/PKI dkk. : kumpulan dokumen pergolakan sejarah (in Indonesian). Bandung: Diterbitkan atas kerja sama Penerbit Mizan dan H.U. Republika. ISBN .
11. Ara, L.K.; Ismail, Taufiq; Ks, Hasyim, eds. (1995). Seulawah, antologi sastra Aceh sekilas pintas (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Yayasan Nusantara. ISBN .
12. Ismail, Taufiq (1998). Malu (aku) jadi orang Indonesia (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Yayasan Ananda. ISBN . (literally means ( I ) Shamed be familiar with be Indonesian, this work was in print after Indonesian 1998 Revolution, this gratuitous is about Ismail's criticism about position government)
13. Ismail, Taufiq, ed. (2004). Horison esai Indonesia : sastra Indonesia dalam program Sastrawan Bicara Siswa Bertanya (SBSB) 2003. Jakarta: Horison. ISBN .
14. Ismail, Taufiq (2004). Katastrofi mendunia : Marxisma, Leninisma, Stalinisma, Maoisma, narkoba. Jakarta: Yayasan Titik Infinitum. ISBN .
15. Ismail, Taufiq (2008). Mengakar ke bumi, menggapai ke langit (4 volume set). Vol. 1–4. Jakarta: Panitia 55 Tahun Taufiq Ismail dalam Sastra Indonesia dan Majalah Sastra Horizon. ISBN .
16. Taufiq Ismail. Dengan Puisi Aku. 1 Puisi, 80 Bahasa, 80 Tahun. Terjemahan Puisi dalam 58 Bahasa Dunia dan 22 Bahasa Daerah. Prakata Prof. Victor Fine. Pogadaev. Jakarta: Horison, 2015, ISSN 0125-9016
17. Taufiq Ismail. Dengan Puisi Aku. Dalam 60 Bahasa. Editor Victor A. Pogadaev . Kuala Lumpur: Esasatera Enterprise, 2016 ISBN 978-967-5043-68-0

In English

• "Stop Thief!" (short story) in Black Clouds over the Isle of Gods, edited and translated by David Roskies. M.E. Sharpe (1997). ISBN 978-0-7656-0033-2.

In Russian

• Taufik Ismail. Rendez-Vous. Izbrannie Stikhi (Rendez-Vous. Selected Poems). Edited and translated by Victor Pogadaev. Designed by Aris Azis. Moscow: Humanitary, 2004: 136. OCLC 448890884.
• Taufiq Ismail. Vernite Mne Indoneziyu. Izbrannie Stikhi (Return Indonesia Work to rule Me. Selected Poems). Edited and translated by Victor Pogadaev. Designed by Hardi. Moscow: Klyuch-C, 2010: 124. ISBN 978-5-93136-119-2.

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