HB Jassin

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HB Jassin

Throughout his life his attention shed HB Jassin promote the progress of literary culture in Indonesia. Thanks to the diligence, thoroughness and ketelatenannya, he was known as a leading literary critics as well as literary dokumentator complete. Today, approximately 30 thousand books and literary magazines, newspaper clippings, and personal records they collect authors stored at the Center for Literary Documentation HB Jassin, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.
So great was the influence of HB Jasin among literary circles, cashew Siagian (deceased) dubbed it "Pope's Literature of Indonesia." When it developed a 'state' in which a person is a legitimate literary and entered in the 'inner circle' when the HB Jassin already 'membabtisnya'. Although it sounds redundant but it is.
At that time, there are some old author, who was in 'outer circle' before finally admitted into the 'insiders' like Motinggo Busye, Marga T active productive writing, and other pop novelist. Though their works quite well, artsy and valuable pithy. They long to be in the 'outer circle' because "the major influence of papal" HB Jassin. HB Jassin and who put Anwar crowned as the pioneer of Force 45. More than 30 years, he assumed the surname.
Jassin industrious and diligent work of literature documenting, and everything associated with it. From his original essay was born around 20, and 10 translators. The most famous is Gema Tanah Air, Tifa Poet and Area, Indonesia New Early Japanese Literature, Modern Indonesian Literature in Criticism and Essays (four volumes, 1954-1967) and the interpretation of the Koran Reading Koran in book Honor. At the time of his 67th birthday, PT Gramedia submit a''gift''the book Letters from 1943 to 1983 who had just published. Inside Jassin collected letters to about 100 writers and artists of Indonesia.
Jassin start and continue his career than a lot of reading. Born July 31, 1917 in Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, the second of six children was fathered by a former clerk who''BPM''book lice. Jassin began to love reading not long after sitting on the bench HIS (SD). ''At that time, how to arouse interest in reading a very good student,''he said about the schools that teach technical writing and understanding poetry. Writing techniques and understand the position has been learned since I was sitting in HIS (SD). At HBS Medan - now joined his father who moved to BPM Pangkalanbrandan, North Sumatra - he began to write literary criticism, and published in several magazines.
Working in the office of Assistant Resident Gorontalo after HBS - without pay - give him a chance to learn proper documentation. However, recently accepted an offer Sutan Jassin Alisjahbana Providence, then editor Poestaka Hall, working in the agency's issuance of the Netherlands, 1940. There he also worked as a writer short stories and poems.
Soon he switched to the field of literary criticism as well as documentation. Armijn Pane which is taught to make the book better balance. This is the beginning of his term as editor of various literary and cultural magazines, such as banner Poestaka and the Five Kings, and after Indonesian independence, the Indonesian Forum, Zenith, Story, Literature, Language and Culture, Book Us, Medan Sciences, and Horizon.
Former Associate Professor of Modern Literature, Faculty of Letters Indonesia University of Indonesia was still learning while teaching. He achieved a degree in literature in 1957, and doctorate honoris causa, eighteen years later - both in FS UI. He also had time to explore science comparative literature at Yale University, USA. He mastered English, Dutch, French, and German.
There is a unique story as he was educated at the UI. At that time, HB Jassin concurrently as a student and professor at the same time. As long as a literature class, especially the subjects of ancient Javanese, Sanskrit, HB Jassin was a student, diligent and sit with other mahasisawa full attention on matakuliahnya. But it changed its course of Modern Literature, The contemporary, HB Jassin stood and came forward, stood at the podium and gave a lecture, because as a Doctorate of Modern Literature.

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