Dec 8 (IN MEMORIAL SUTAN TAKDIR ALISYAHBANA 1)

IN MEMORIAL SUTAN TAKDIR ALISYAHBANA

          For Indonesians who take an interest in literature, the name of Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana is not unknown. He was a Pujangga Baru novelist beside Armin Pane, Abdul Muis, Hamka, and poet Amir Hamzah. The novel that brought his fame is Layar Terkembang.

          This new of his decease brought sorrow to us who admire his works. Besides his famous novel Layar Terkembang, he also wrote Dian Nan Tak Kunjung Padam. His unfinished novel is Dan Hidup Berjalan Terus. He passed away before finishing this last novel.

          In his lifetime the Sutan married three times. His first wife was Rohani Daha who gave him three children. She died and he married Sugiarti who gave him two children. After his second wife died, the Sutan married a German doctor of philosophy, Margaret. She is now living with her four children.

         As his novel Dian Nan Tak Kunjung Padam, the Sutan revealed himself as a man of outstanding vitality. He was a busy worker till death felled him. 

          His life had been dedicated to the development of Indonesian people, of Indonesian society. He established a number of institutions, a university, three senior high schools, and an art center and owned a publishing house. His leisure was spent collecting and taking care of selected species of plants. As the last of the Pujangga Baru writer, Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana, born at Natal, Bengkulu on 11 February 1908, left to the present generation his works which remain worth reading and his ideas considering. He made Indonesian literature an arena of freedom fighting and a field of nationalism. For Indonesian youths, his advice to always raise their ideals is a talisman for life.  

1. “ … the name of Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana is not unknown. “

      Not unknown means .....?

a.       unfamiliar         

b.      unknown           

c.       popular         

d.      not famous          

e.     unpopular

2. “The novel that brought his fame is Layar Terkembang. “  His refers to .....?

a.       Pujangga Baru novelist                 

b.      Armijn Pane                       

c.       Abdul Muis.   

d.      Amir Hamzah                               

e.     Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana

3. What is Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana’s unfinished novel?

a.       Layar Terkembang                   

b.    Dan Hidup Berjalan Terus.  

c.     Dian Nan Tak Kunjung Padam

d.      Siti Nur Baya                          

e.     Kasih Tak Sampai

4. How many times did Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana married in his lifetime?

a.       once.       

b.      twice.        

c.       three times.      

d.      four times.      

e.     never married again

5. Who is the last of the Pujangga Baru writer?

a.       Buya Hamka.          

b.      Armijn Pane.    

c.       Abdul Muis.  

d.      Amir Hamzah.            

e.     Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana

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