Ismail Marahimin

Ismail Marahimin (23 April 1934 – 26 December 2008) was an Indonesian writer.[1] He was born in Medan, North Sumatra.[1]

Ismail Marahimin
Born(1934-04-23)April 23, 1934
Medan, North Sumatra
DiedDecember 26, 2008(2008-12-26) (aged 74)
Jakarta, Indonesia
LanguageIndonesian
NationalityIndonesian
GenreFiction
Notable worksDan Perang Pun Usai
(And the War is Over)

Life and career

After graduating with a degree in English from the National Teachers' College (IKIP), now the State University of Medan, in 1964, he began his career as a teacher of English.[1] In 1969 he left teaching to continue his education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, obtaining his master's degree in 1971.[1]

He dedicated most of his career to teaching as a lecturer in English language and literature at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.[1] However, he was also a frequent contributor to the Kompas daily newspaper and to Tempo magazine.[1] He was also, briefly, an editor for the magazines Indonesia, Your Destination, and Eksekutif.[1]

His only novel, Dan Perang Pun Usai (And the War is Over) was published in 1977, and was named best novel of the year in the annual Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition.[1] Further acclaim came in 1984 when the novel was named recipient of the Pegasus Prize for Literature, a literary award established by the Mobil Corporation (now Exxon Mobil).[1] The prize was presented to him by Subagio Sastrowardoyo, a well-known Indonesian author, in New York.[2] The novel, described as a tensely drawn story, documents the final days of World War II, and the impact of the Japanese occupation of Indonesia on the people of a small village in Sumatra.[3] In 1987 it was published in English translation, under the title "And the War is Over", by the Lontar Foundation[4] In 2011, the English translation was one of the first ten titles selected for publication as part of the Lontar Foundation's Modern Library of Indonesia series.[5]

He died in Jakarta on 26 December 2008.[3]

Selected list of works

Short Stories
  • (Ed.) Jejak Langkah Anak Kampus, Jakarta: Gramedia (22 short stories by students from the Faculty of Literature at the University of Indonesia)

Novels
  • Dan Perang pun Usai (And the War is Over), Jakarta: Pustaka Jaya, 1977
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References
  1. Marahimin, Ismail (2010). And the war is over. Jakarta, Indonesia: Lontar. ISBN 978-979-8083-76-1.
  2. Ekram H. Attamimi (23 May 1987). "Dari marahimin sampai ash-siddieqy". Tempo Interaktif. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. "Ismail Marahimin". The Lontar Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  4. "Ismail Marahimin". Ensiklopedi Jakarta. jakarta.go.id. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  5. "Peluncuran Modern Library of Indonesia". Tempo Interaktif. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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