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• ChronicleThe Pasai ChronicleHikayat Raja-Raja PasaiAnonymous · 1390The oldest surviving Malay chronicle, written in Sumatra about the first Islamised kingdom of the archipelago.Literature
• PoetrySharab al-'ashiqinHamzah Fansuri · 1580not translated into EnglishThe first systematic treatise on Muslim mysticism written in Malay, in Sumatra, at the end of the sixteenth century.Literature
• NovelTaj al-SalatinBukhari al-Jauhari · 1603not translated into EnglishA mirror for princes composed at the court of Aceh, which teaches kings what they owe to themselves, to their subjects and to God.Literature
• EssayMir'at al-mu'minSyamsuddin al-Sumatrani · 1610not translated into EnglishA manual of belief written in Aceh by the spiritual master of the sultanate, one of the few of his books to escape the fire.Literature
• NovelBustan as-SalatinNuruddin al-Raniri · 1638not translated into EnglishA historical and moral compendium written for the sultan of Aceh, running from the creation of the world to the chronicle of his own kingdom.Literature
• ChronicleThe Chronicle of JavaBabad Tanah JawiAnonymous · 1700The great genealogical narrative of Java, which traces the sultans of Mataram back to Adam and the Hindu gods.Literature
• ChronicleThe Precious GiftTuhfat al-NafisRaja Ali Haji · 1865A dynastic chronicle written at Penyengat in the nineteenth century, in which a scholar of the ruling house describes his own world.Literature
• NarrativeLetters of a Javanese PrincessDoor duisternis tot lichtRaden Ajeng Kartini · 1911The letters of a secluded young Javanese woman who wanted girls to go to school, at the turn of the century.Literature
• NovelSitti Nurbaya: A Love UnrealizedSitti NurbayaMarah Rusli · 1922A forced marriage in the Minangkabau high society of Padang, at the beginning of the twentieth century.Literature
• PoetryPuspa MegaSanusi Pané · 1927not translated into EnglishThe sonnets of a young poet from Sumatra, at the beginnings of modern verse in Malay.Literature
• PoetryIndonesia, Tumpah DarahkuMuhammad Yamin · 1928not translated into EnglishA long poem of the whole archipelago, completed by a young Sumatran on the eve of a nationalist congress.Literature
• NovelNever the TwainSalah AsuhanAbdoel Moeis · 1928A young man from Sumatra who disowns his own people for Europe and for a Eurasian woman: a classic of the young Indonesian literature.Literature
• NovelLayar TerkembangSutan Takdir Alisjahbana · 1936not translated into EnglishTwo sisters of Batavia, one an activist, the other cheerful, in the novel of ideas by a leader of the modernists.Literature
• NovelThe Rape of SukreniSukreni Gadis BaliAnak Agung Pandji Tisna · 1936A village stall, a girl who is too beautiful and a police chief, under the colonial administration.Literature
• CinemaPareh, Song of the RiceParehAlbert Balink · 1936A forbidden love between a fisherman and a peasant's daughter, in a Javanese village filmed for Europe.Cinema
• PoetryNyanyi SunyiAmir Hamzah · 1937not translated into EnglishSongs of silence, between lost love and the search for God: the great collection by the poet of the thirties.Literature
• NovelTenggelamnya Kapal van der WijckHamka · 1938not translated into EnglishA love forbidden by Minangkabau custom, written by a Muslim preacher.Literature
• NovelShacklesBelengguArmijn Pane · 1940A doctor, his overly modern wife and a kroncong singer: the first psychological novel in Indonesian literature.Literature
• PoetryThe Voice of the NightDeru Campur DebuChairil Anwar · 1949The poems of revolt and death of a young bohemian from Jakarta, during the occupation and the revolution.Literature
• CinemaThe Long MarchDarah dan DoaUsmar Ismail · 1950The long march of a division of the Republic across Java, seen by an officer who doubts.Cinema
• CinemaTiger from TjampaHarimau TjampaDjadjakusuma · 1953A revenge and the learning of silat in the Minangkabau villages, told like an ancient ballad.Cinema
• PoetryBallada orang-orang tercintaW. S. Rendra · 1957not translated into EnglishThe ballads of a young poet from Solo, about the humble people of the Javanese countryside.Literature
• NovelMerahnya MerahIwan Simatupang · 1968not translated into EnglishA former fighter of the revolution turned vagrant seeks a meaning to his life, in a novel of the absurd by Iwan Simatupang.Literature
• NovelPada Sebuah KapalNh. Dini · 1973not translated into EnglishA Javanese woman unhappily married to a diplomat and a love affair at sea: a novel of women's freedom by Nh. Dini.Literature
• NovelTiger!Harimau! Harimau!Mochtar Lubis · 1975Seven resin gatherers hunted by a tiger in the Sumatran jungle, a fable about the power of a charismatic leader.Literature
• CinemaNovember 1828Teguh Karya · 1979A Javanese village occupied by the colonial army in the time of Diponegoro, between loyalty and betrayal.Cinema
• CinemaThe Moon and the SunRembulan dan MatahariSlamet Rahardjo · 1979The return to the village of a repentant exile, in the first film of a great actor turned director.Cinema
• NovelThis Earth of MankindBumi manusiaPramoedya Ananta Toer · 1980The youth of a Javanese educated at a colonial school, first volume of a tetralogy born in a prison camp.Literature
• NovelThe WeaverbirdsBurung-Burung ManyarY. B. Mangunwijaya · 1981An officer serving the Dutch and a republican woman who love each other on opposite sides of the revolution: Romo Mangun's great novel.Literature
• NovelThe DancerRonggeng Dukuh ParukAhmad Tohari · 1982A child consecrated as the ritual dancer of a Javanese hamlet: the first part of Ahmad Tohari's trilogy.Literature
• CinemaNagabonarNaga BonarM. T. Risyaf · 1987A Medan pickpocket promoted to general during the revolution, in a comedy written by a poet of the 1945 Generation.Cinema
• CinemaTjoet Nja' DhienEros Djarot · 1988The last resistance fighter of Aceh, aged and with failing eyesight in the jungle, facing the Dutch colonial war.Cinema
• CinemaLeaf on a PillowDaun di Atas BantalGarin Nugroho · 1998Youngsters left to the streets of Yogyakarta and the woman who takes them in: Garin Nugroho's film selected at Cannes.Cinema
• NovelThreads of DignityMerajut HarkatPutu Oka Sukanta · 1999The survival of a political prisoner in Suharto's jails, written by a former detainee.Literature

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