Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

He was a founder and editor of Poedjangga Baroe. He became one of Indonesian literature's guiding lights in its formative years, particularly in the time around independence. Sutan Takdir believed that Indonesia could learn from the values of western civilization and remained a great exponent of modernism throughout his life. The famous novel, Layar Terkembang, showed him as a progressive author. He died in Jakarta on 17 July 1994.

Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana studied at Kweekschool Fort de Kock and Rechtshoogeschool te Batavia. The recorded working language is Indonesian. Positions recorded include rector and Constitutional Assembly of Indonesia. Works named in the authority record are Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam and Layar Terkembang. Distinctions recorded are Bintang Mahaputera Nararya.

• Name — Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana • Born — 11 February 1908 • Birthplace — Natal, Dutch East Indies • Died — 17 July 1994 • Place of death — Jakarta, Indonesia • Notable Works — Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam Layar Terkembang • Spouse — Dr. Margaret Axer • Children — Tamalia Alisjahbana, Marita Alisjahbana, Marga Alisjahbana, dan Mario Alisjahbana.

Alisjahbana was born on 11 February 1908. His first novel, Tak Putus Dirundung Malang (Misfortune without End) was published by Balai Pustaka in 1929. STA Together with Amir Hamzah and Armijn Pane, they founded and edited a journal that contained the best work of prewar writers, called Poedjangga Baroe (The New Writer), and the journal was first published in 1933. In 1953, he edited Konfrontasi (Confrontation) as a substitute for Poedjangga Baroe. Under Japanese occupation, in 1943 he became a secretary of the Komisi Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian Language Commission). From 1946 to 1948, he was a professor of the Indonesian language at National University, Jakarta.

The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.

On origins, the institutional record states the following. Alisjahbana died in 1994 at Jakarta. The register further records that sutan Takdir Alisjahbana was born in 1908 at Natal.