Rosihan Anwar

Category: journalist/writer/artist
Nationality: Indonesian
Life dates: 1922–2011
Biography: Journalist and editor of Pedoman.
Biografi: Wartawan dan pemimpin redaksi Pedoman.
Also written as: Rosihan Anwar

1954 – 1983

Often appears with

Communist Party of Indonesia 3 D.N. Aidit 3 Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) 3

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GA-00701 1954-12-13 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Scheppers der proclamatie beraadslagen (Creators of the proclamation deliberate)

Creators of the proclamation deliberate (1945 generation gathering)

De Nieuwsgier report (13 Dec 1954, p. 1) on a gathering of "creators of the proclamation" generation of 1945 at the Jakarta mayor's house, attended by D.N. Aidit, Isa Anshary, Mrs. Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti) and others, discussing the external situation. Trimurti appears only in the attendee list.

GA-01408 1966-08-01 Harian Kami rel B

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'

Harian Kami, 1 August 1966: 'Aidit, PKI political movement and us'

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'. Rosihan Anwar commentary quoting Aidit's alleged confession as published in the Asahi Evening News and The China Quarterly; mentions Gerwani as a 'gerpol' (political movement) front.

GA-01409 1966-09-29 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966: poem 'We remember again'

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966. Rosihan Anwar's poem 'Kami Mengenang Kembali' narrates the New Order's founding story in verse and pictures the generals at Lubang Buaya being sunk, with Gerwani implied.

GA-03038 1983 rel B licensed

Harian Rakjat, Daily Newspaper of the Communist Party of Indonesia: Its History and Role (MA thesis, Australian National University, 1983)

Harian Rakjat, Daily Newspaper of the Communist Party of Indonesia (Groves, 1983)

Kerry Groves's ANU MA thesis (1983) on Harian Rakjat, the PKI daily: its stance on press freedom, administration, polemics (e.g. with Merdeka, 1964), content and treatment of leaders, drawing on Indonesian sources and interviews with ex-prisoners. Gerwani appears in Chapter VI (pp.142-149) on the paper's women's column