GA-03441 1962-05-08 relevance A public
Contemporary Progressive Indonesian Poetry (anthology, introduction dated Djakarta, 8 May 1962)
Contemporary Progressive Indonesian Poetry (anthology, Djakarta, 1962)
English anthology of progressive Indonesian poetry, 1955-61 (introduction dated Djakarta, 8 May 1962), from Zaman Baru, Harian Rakjat and Bintang Timur. Its contributor notes state that the poet Sugiarti Siswadi, who visited Romania (1955) and the GDR, USSR and China (1961) with Rukiah Kertapati as LEKRA delegation head, is a Lekra leader in Jakarta, 'active in the progressive women's organisation Gerwani' and editor of the women's journal Api Kartini.
Antologi puisi progresif Indonesia berbahasa Inggris, 1955-61 (pengantar bertanggal Jakarta, 8 Mei 1962), dari Zaman Baru, Harian Rakjat dan Bintang Timur. Catatan biografi penyair menyebut Sugiarti Siswadi, yang mengunjungi Rumania (1955) serta RDJ, Uni Soviet dan Tiongkok (1961) bersama Rukiah Kertapati sebagai ketua delegasi Lekra, adalah pemimpin Lekra Jakarta, aktif di organisasi wanita progresif Gerwani, dan redaktur majalah wanita Api Kartini.
“She is a leader of the Djakarta Branch of the LEKRA, is active in the progressive women's organisation Gerwani and is Editor of the journal for women "Api Kartini". (contributor notes)”
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- Date
- 1962-05-08
- Creator
- Various Indonesian poets (incl. D.N. Aidit, Rukiah Kertapati, Sugiarti Siswadi); translator/editor not named in text read
- Publication
- Contemporary Progressive Indonesian Poetry
- Document type
- book (text companion of Aidit et al. (1960s) - Contemporary Progressive Indonesian Poetry (Rukiah Kertapati, Sugiarti Siswadi) [archive.org].pdf)
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1960–1965
- Source archive
- Internet Archive (full-text search) · source link
- Access
- open access (Internet Archive) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.4 PKI, KOWANI and Other Organizations' Publications/Aidit et al. (1960s) - Contemporary Progressive Indonesian Poetry (Rukiah Kertapati, Sugiarti Siswadi) [archive.org].txt
- OCR / text
- Fair · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.4 PKI, KOWANI and Other Organizations' Publications
- Summary basis
- first 60k chars read + all Gerwani/member passages of the full text
Companion files
- GA-03440 Aidit et al. (1960s) - Contemporary Progressive Indonesian Poetry (Rukiah Kertapati, Sugiarti Siswadi) [archive.org].pdf
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