Author · Indonesia
Iwan Simatupang
Died in 1970
Iwan Simatupang was born on 18 January 1928 in Sibolga, Sumatra. A commander of a unit of student fighters during the revolution, he was captured by the Dutch in 1949, then completed his secondary schooling in Medan, studied medicine in Surabaya without finishing, then anthropology in Leiden and philosophy at the Sorbonne under Jean Wahl. A teacher, editor of the review Siasat and then of the daily Warta Harian, a novelist, playwright and essayist, he died in Jakarta on 4 August 1970.
In the catalogue 1
- NovelMerahnya MerahIwan Simatupang · 1968not translated into EnglishLiterature