Utuy Tatang Sontani
Utuy Tatang Sontani | |
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West Jawa, Dutch East Indies | |
| Died | September 17, 1979 (aged 59) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | writer, academic |
| Language | Indonesian, Sundanese |
| Nationality |  Indonesia |
| Genre | novel, short story, drama, autobiography |
| Subject | the little people |
Utuy Tatang Sontani (May 31, 1920 – September 17, 1979) was an Indonesian writer and university lecturer. He was born in Cianjur, West Java. In 1938 he attended an adult school in Bandung, and then became a civil servant. After the independence of Indonesia in 1945, he successively worked for National Broadcasting Station and Books Compilation & Translation Bureau. In 1959 he joined the People's Culture Association, and became a member of its central committee. He lived abroad after 1965, mainly in the Soviet Union, taught at Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University, died and was buried in Moscow.[1][2]
Utuy initially wrote in
officialdom. The play Awal dan Mira (1952) reflected his disillusionment won him the first prize. His other plays comprise Di Langit Ada Bintang (1955), Sang Kuriang: opera dua babak (1955), Si Kabajan: komedi dua babak (1959), Tak Pernah Mendjadi Tua (1963), Manusia Kota: empat buah drama (1961) etc.[1]
References
- ^ Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan BahasaKementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ Jassin, H.B. (1955). Kesusasteraan Indonesia Modern dalam Kritik dan Essay I (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Gunung Agung. p. 104.
Bibliography
- Harry Aveling&Utuy Tatang Sontani. Man and society in the works of the Indonesian playwright Utuy Tatang Sontani. Honolulu : Southeast Asian Studies Program, University of Hawaii, 1979.
- Herman S. Sorotan atas drama "Awal dan Mira", karangan Utuy Tatang Sontani : paper. Bandung : Djurusan Bahasa dan Sastera Indonesia IKIP Bandung, 1964.
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