Ismail Marahimin
Ismail Marahimin | |
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| Born | April 23, 1934 Medan, North Sumatra |
| Died | December 26, 2008 (aged 74) Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Language | Indonesian |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Dan Perang Pun Usai (And the War is Over) |
Ismail Marahimin (23 April 1934 – 26 December 2008) was an Indonesian writer.[1] He was born in Medan, North Sumatra.[1]
Life and career
After graduating with a degree in English from the National Teachers' College (
University of Hawaii at Manoa, obtaining his master's degree in 1971.[1]
He dedicated most of his career to teaching as a lecturer in English language and literature at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.[1] However, he was also a frequent contributor to the Kompas daily newspaper and to Tempo magazine.[1] He was also, briefly, an editor for the magazines Indonesia, Your Destination, and Eksekutif.[1]
His only novel, Dan Perang Pun Usai (And the War is Over) was published in 1977, and was named best novel of the year in the annual
Exxon Mobil).[1] The prize was presented to him by Subagio Sastrowardoyo, a well-known Indonesian author, in New York.[2] The novel, described as a tensely drawn story, documents the final days of World War II, and the impact of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies on the people of a small village in Sumatra.[3] In 1987 it was published in English translation, under the title "And the War is Over", by the Lontar Foundation[4] In 2011, the English translation was one of the first ten titles selected for publication as part of the Lontar Foundation's Modern Library of Indonesia series.[5]
He died in Jakarta on 26 December 2008.[3]
Selected list of works
Short stories
- (Ed.) Jejak Langkah Anak Kampus, Jakarta: Gramedia (22 short stories by students from the Faculty of Literature at the University of Indonesia)
Novels
- Dan Perang pun Usai (And the War is Over), Jakarta: Pustaka Jaya, 1977
References
- ^ ISBN 978-979-8083-76-1.
- ^ Ekram H. Attamimi (23 May 1987). "Dari marahimin sampai ash-siddieqy". Tempo Interaktif. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Ismail Marahimin". The Lontar Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Ismail Marahimin". Ensiklopedi Jakarta. jakarta.go.id. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Peluncuran Modern Library of Indonesia". Tempo Interaktif. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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