GA-03443 1961 relevance B public
We All Are Lumumba (Lekra, 1961)
We All Are Lumumba (Lekra booklet, 1961)
Short Lekra booklet of 1961 mourning Patrice Lumumba, with poems by S. Anantaguna, Bandaharo, Njoto and Sitor Situmorang, translated into English (file name credits Bintang Suradi). It closes with 'A Letter for Pauline', written by the young woman writer Sugiarti Siswadi for International Women's Day 1961. Gerwani is not named; the letter shows a woman writer's voice in Lekra solidarity culture.
Buklet pendek Lekra tahun 1961 untuk mengenang Patrice Lumumba, berisi puisi S. Anantaguna, Bandaharo, Njoto, dan Sitor Situmorang dalam bahasa Inggris (nama berkas menyebut Bintang Suradi sebagai penerjemah). Ditutup dengan 'A Letter for Pauline' oleh penulis perempuan muda Sugiarti Siswadi untuk Hari Perempuan Internasional 1961. Gerwani tidak disebut; surat ini memperlihatkan suara penulis perempuan dalam budaya solidaritas Lekra.
“Pauline, take my hand. Together we will stride forward on to the height of the struggle. (Sugiarti Siswadi, 'A Letter for Pauline', p. 14)”
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- Date
- 1961
- Creator
- Lekra (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakjat); transl. Bintang Suradi
- Publication
- We All Are Lumumba (Lekra booklet)
- Document type
- book (text companion of Lekra (1961) - We All Are Lumumba, transl. Bintang Suradi, incl. 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/Lekra (1961) - We All Are Lumumba, transl. Bintang Suradi, incl. 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
- full text read
Companion files
- GA-03442 Lekra (1961) - We All Are Lumumba, transl. Bintang Suradi, incl. Sugiarti Siswadi [archive.org].pdf
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