Indonesian literature

16th century literary work

literature of Indonesia

Kakawin are long narrative poems composed in Old Javanese, also called "Kawi", written in verse form with rhythms and meters derived from Sanskrit literature. Poets used a formalized literary language, rather than the vernacular. Poets composed and performed the poems at the courts of central and east Java kings between the 9th and 16th centuries, and in Bali.

Malaysian hikayat, or folktale, about Malaccan warrior Hang Tuah.

period in Indonesian literature

organization

Islam in Indonesia

Indonesian writer (1940-2021)

Indonesian palm-leaf manuscript classification

poem by Chairil Anwar

Indonesian non-profit organization

Belenggoe (Perfected Spelling: Belenggu; translated to English as Shackles) is a novel by Indonesian author Armijn Pane. The novel follows the love triangle between a doctor, his wife, and his childhood friend, which eventually causes each of the three characters to lose the ones they love. Originally published by the literary magazine Poedjangga Baroe in three instalments from April to June 1940, it was the magazine's only published novel. It was also the first Indonesian psychological novel.

tradition of abstract speculation by Indonesians

Indonesian poet (1959-2018)