Kamadjaja
Sign in to saveKarkono Partokusumo (23 November 1915 – 5 July 2003), better known by the pen name Kamadjaja (Perfected Spelling: Kamajaya), was an Indonesian journalist and author, who rose to prominence during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Indonesia
- Place of birth
- Sragen
- Place of death
- Yogyakarta
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- Indonesian
- Image
- Kamadjaja, Solo Diwaktu Malam, rear cover.jpg
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- date of death
- 2003-07-05
- date of birth
- 1915-11-23
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
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- Early life and career
- Japanese occupation and National Revolution
- After Indonesian Independence
- References
- Works cited
Karkono Partokusumo (23 November 1915 – 5 July 2003), better known by the pen name Kamadjaja (Perfected Spelling: Kamajaya), was an Indonesian journalist and author, who rose to prominence during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.
==Early life and career== Karkono was born in Sragen, Central Java, Dutch East Indies, on 23 November 1915. He conducted his education to the junior high school level in nearby Surakarta, then continued his studies at a Taman Siswa school for teachers in Yogyakarta. Though he finished the program, Karkono never became a teacher. Rather, early on he developed an interest in writing, submitting many of his pieces to newspapers, magazines, and youth movement periodicals. Kamadjaja was politically active as well. In 1931 he became the head of the Surakarta branch of ; he remained active in the youth movement through the 1930s.
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