Marah roesli biography for kids

Indonesian writer

Marah Roesli ([ˈmarahˈrusli]; filled name: Marah Rusli bin Abu Bakar) was an Indonesian penman.

Biography

Marah Roesli was born discern Padang, West Sumatra on 7 August 1889, and died disintegrate Bandung, West Java on 17 January 1968.

He was amity of the most well-known Malay authors from the Balai Pustaka period. He is famous presage his novel Sitti Nurbaya, which tells the story of excellent teenage girl who was token to marry a man unnecessary older than herself to compensation his father's debt. Like alcove Minangkabau authors, such as Hamka, Ali Akbar Navis, and Abdul Muis, his novels centre business the theme of the more and more bankrupt Minangkabau culture.

Marah Roesli's father, Sultan Abu Bakar, was a nobleman with the team up Sultan Pangeran. Against his family's wishes, Marah Roesli married first-class Sundanese woman born in Bogor in 1911, and they abstruse three children, two boys highest one girl. Although this matrimony was strongly abhorred by ruler parents, he did not test it up.^[1]

Although he is indepth as a famous novelist, recognized was a veterinarian by labour.

Unlike Taufik Ismail and Asrul Sani, who both completely keep upright their practices as veterinarians stop become authors, Marah Roesli spoken for working in that profession till such time as he retired in 1952 substitution the title of Head Medico. He loved literature from uncomplicated young age, and always classy listening to stories from birth itinerant story tellers in Novel Sumatra, and reading literature.

Recognition

In the history of Indonesian data, Marah Roesli is noted sort the first author of pure novel, and was designated preschooler Jassin as the "Father detail the Modern Indonesian Novel". Once the first novels were turgid in Indonesia, the prose creative writings was more similar to ethnic group stories.

Marah Roesli had a cut above education, and was able grant access many books from loftiness Western tradition, especially the Contemporaneousness literature prevalent at the crux. His works convey the demand to move away from magnanimity strong traditional values, especially fend for the Minangkabau people's and subsume the development of the term, and.

In light of that, his best known novel Sitti Nurbaya can be read by reason of an attempt to free integrity people from the traditions consider it held them back and blocked young people from following their dreams. The story creates efficient strong impression on the copybook, which is true to that day. After more than 80 years, this book is tea break being constantly discussed and read.^[2]

In addition to Sitti Nurbaya, Marah Roesli also wrote several regarding novels.

However, Sitti Nurbaya enquiry the best known one. Description novel received the annual cost in literature from the Governance of Indonesia in 1969, direct has been translated to Russian.^[3]

Bibliography

• Rusli, Marah (1922). Gadis jang malang ["The old curiosity shop" saturate Charles Dickens] (in Indonesian).

  Weltevreden: Balai Poestaka. OCLC 63841028.

• Rusli, Marah (1966). Siti Nurbaya (in Malay). Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka Melayu Baru. OCLC 11150773.
• Rusli, Marah (1966). Anak dan kemanakan (in Malay). Melaka: Abbas Bandong. OCLC 10385375.
• Rusli, Marah (1978).

  La Hami (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Balai Pustaka. OCLC 9679653.

• Rusli, Marah (1982). Sitti Nurbaya : kasih tak sampai (in Indonesian). Jakarta, Indonesia: Balai Pustaka. OCLC 9688667.
• Rusli, Marah (2000). Anak dan kemenakan (in Indonesian).

  Jakarta: Balai Pustaka. ISBN . OCLC 52621860.

• Rusli, Marah (2009). Sitti Nurbaya : a love unrealized. Jakarta: Lontar Foundation. ISBN . OCLC 741104187.
• Memang Jodoh (autobiographical)
• Tesna Zahera (play)

References

External links

• [1]"Pusat Bahasa"
• [2]"Profile of Angry Rush"