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Amir Hamzah

1911 - 1946

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Tengku Amir Hamzah (February 1911 – 20 March 1946) was an Indonesian poet and National Hero of Indonesia. Born into a Malay aristocratic family in the Sultanate of Langkat in North Sumatra, he was educated in both Sumatra and Java. While attending senior high school in Surakarta around 1930, Amir became involved with the nationalist movement and fell in love with a Javanese schoolmate, Ilik Sundari. Even after Amir continued his studies in legal school in Batavia (now Jakarta) the two remained close, only separating in 1937 when Amir was recalled to Sumatra to marry the sultan's daughter and take on responsibilities of the court. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amir Hamzah is the 4,167th most popular writer (down from 4,012th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 48th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indonesian Writer.

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Among writers, Amir Hamzah ranks 4,167 out of 7,302. Before her are Hart Crane, Dušan Kovačević, Alexander McCall Smith, Edna Ferber, Amado Nervo, and Anna Brigadere. After her are Ömer Seyfettin, Francesco Mario Pagano, Abbās al-Aqqād, Lydia Becker, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, and Gyula Illyés.

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Among people born in 1911, Amir Hamzah ranks 210. Before her are Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Ronald Neame, Gustave Gilbert, Alfons Dorfner, Terry-Thomas, and Ruth Ford. After her are Luise Rinser, Romeu Pellicciari, Lee Falk, Paul Pietsch, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, and Shoichi Sakata. Among people deceased in 1946, Amir Hamzah ranks 155. Before her are Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Federico Laredo Brú, Moisei Ginzburg, Henri Le Fauconnier, Harry Edwin Wood, and Rafael Erich. After her are William Wain Prior, Raimu, Juan Bautista Sacasa, Júlio Prestes, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, and Maud Watson.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Amir Hamzah ranks 50 out of 158. Before her are Jusuf Kalla (1942), Valerie Mahaffey (1953), Arie de Jong (1865), Agus Salim (1884), Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922), and Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892). After her are Mohammad Natsir (1908), Hamengkubuwono IX (1912), Abdul Muis (1883), Willem Jacob Luyten (1899), D. N. Aidit (1923), and Wage Rudolf Supratman (1903).

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Among WRITERS In Indonesia

Among writers born in Indonesia, Amir Hamzah ranks 4. Before her are Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), Hella Haasse (1918), and Chairil Anwar (1922). After her are Abdul Muis (1883), Nh. Dini (1936), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), and Ayu Utami (1968).

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