Asrul Sani
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Job / Known for: Writer, poet, screenwriter
Left traces: Tiga Menguak Takdir, Surat Kepercayaan Gelanggang
Born
Date: 1926-06-10
Location: ID Rao, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
Died
Date: 2004-01-11 (aged 78)
Resting place: ID Jakarta, Jakarta, TPU Karet Bivak
Death Cause: Stroke
Family
Spouse: Siti Nuraini Mutiara Sarumpaet
Children: Four, including Faisal Sani and Asri Sani
Parent(s): M. Noer (father), Djanimah (mother)
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Asrul Sani was an Indonesian writer, poet and screenwriter who was one of the pioneers of the Angkatan '45 literary movement. He was born in Rao, West Sumatra on 10 June 1926 to a Minangkabau family. His father was a journalist and his mother was a teacher. He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Indonesia, but also developed an interest in literature and theater. He published his first poetry collection, Tiga Menguak Takdir, with Chairil Anwar and Rivai Apin in 1950. He also co-authored the Surat Kepercayaan Gelanggang, a manifesto of the Angkatan '45 writers. He received a scholarship to study drama and cinema in Amsterdam and Los Angeles. He returned to Indonesia and became a lecturer at the University of Indonesia and a founder of the National Theater Academy. He wrote screenplays for several films by Usmar Ismail and Teguh Karya, and won four Citra Awards for best screenplay at the Indonesian Film Festival. He also wrote essays, short stories, novels, and translations. He was married to Siti Nuraini Mutiara Sarumpaet, a journalist and activist, and had four children, two of whom became writers. He died of a stroke in Jakarta on 11 January 2004 and was buried at TPU Karet Bivak. He was also the uncle of actor Ismed M. Noor.
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