Mochtar Lubis

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Mochtar Lubis

Mochtar Lubis (born in Padang, West Sumatra, March 7, 1922 - died in Jakarta, July 2, 2004 at the age of 82 years) was a renowned journalist and author of Indonesian origin. Since the days of the occupation he had been in the lighting field. He co-founded the news agency AFP, then founded and led the Indonesia Raya newspaper that has been banned from publication. He founded the literary magazine Horizon together with his friends. At the time of Sukarno's regime, he was thrown into prison nearly nine years and only released in 1966. Thoughts while in prison, he poured in a book entry Subversive (1980).
Served as President of the Press Foundation of Asia, the members of the Executive Board of the International Association for Cultural Freedom (the CIA organization), and member of the World Futures Studies Federation.
His novel, Road No End (1952 translated into English by AH John to A Road With No End, London, 1968), BMKN Literature Prize in 1952; short story prize steal Autumn 1953 magazine story, a collection of short stories Woman (1956) found National Literature Prize BMKN 1955-1956; novel, Tiger! Tiger! (1975), won prizes Main Book Foundation, Ministry of P & K, and his novel Death and Love (1977) achieved the Jaya Raya Foundation Literary Prize in 1979. In addition, Mochtar also received Anwar Literary Award (1992).[Edit] Bibliography

    * Not There Tomorrow (novel, 1951)
    * Si Jamal and Other Stories (short stories, 1950)
    * Technical Writing (1951)
    * Screenplay Writing Film Technique (1952)
    * Treasure (story for children, 1964)
    * Land arid (novel, 1966)
    * Twilight in Jakarta (novel, 1970; diinggriskan Claire Holt titled Twilight in Jakarta, 1963)
    * Judar Brothers (story for children, 1971)
    * Thieves in the Woods (story for children, 1972)
    * Man of Indonesia (1977)
    * Wandering in the Woods (story for children, 1980)
    * Kuli Contract (collection of short stories, 1982)
    * Freebooters (a collection of short stories, 1983)
Journalism:

    * Perlawatan to the United States (1951)
    * Introduction in Southeast Asia (1951)
    * Note of Korea (1951)
    * Indonesia's Eye World (1955)
Mochtar Lubis also became the editor:

    * Rain: 70 Years Alisyahbana Sutan Providence (1979)
    * Potpourri Corruption (with James C. Scott, 1984)
    * Conscience Against tyranny: Letters to the President Soekarno, Bung Hatta (1986)
Translation:

    * Three Stories from the State Dollars (collection of short stories, John Steinbeck, Upton Sinclair, and John Russell, 1950)
    * The Rich (novel by F. Scott Fitgerald, 1950)
    * Convinced (by Irwin Shaw, 1950)
    * The stories of Europe (a collection of short stories, 1952)
    * Story from China (translation with Beb and S. Mundingsari Vuyk, 1953)
The study of Mochtar Lubis:

    * M.S. Hutagalung, road with no end Mochtar Lubis (1963)
    * Henri Chambert-Loir, Mochtar Lubis, une vision de l'Indonésie Contemporaine (diseertasi, Paris, 1974)
    * David T. Hill, Mochtar Lubis: Author, Editor, Actor and Political (dissertation, Canberra, 1989)
[Edit] External links

    * (En) The Ramon Magsaysay Award Awardees
    * (En) Profiles in TokohIndonesia.com

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