# Merari Siregar

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{{Short description|Indonesian writer}}
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1896|7|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bunga Bondar, [Sipirok](/source/Sipirok), [Tapanoeli Residency](/source/Tapanoeli_Residency), [Dutch East Indies](/source/Dutch_East_Indies)
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1941|4|23|1896|7|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = Kalianget, [Madoera Residency](/source/Madoera_Residency), Dutch East Indies
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'''Merari Siregar''' (13 July 1896 – 23 April 1941) was an Indonesian writer and also the author of the first novel written in [Indonesian](/source/Indonesian_language).<ref name="lbb">{{cite web|url=http://pusatbahasa.kemdiknas.go.id/lamanv42/?q=detail_tokoh/964 |title=Laman Badan Bahasa - Merari Siregar |accessdate=2011-07-15 |language=Indonesian }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 
He completed his studies at a ''Kweekschool'' and in 1923 received a diploma as ''Handelscorrespondent Bond'' 'Federal Trade Correspondent' in Jakarta. He taught in Medan, North Sumatra, and then worked in a public hospital in Jakarta, after that he started to move again, this time to Madura.<ref name="lbb" /> He wrote ''Si Jamin dan Si Johan'' ('The History of Jamin and Johan') which was an adaptation of ''Jan Smees'' by the Dutch author [Justus Van Maurik](/source/Justus_Van_Maurik). In ''Cerita tentang Busuk dan Wanginya Kota Betawi'', he wrote about the "rot" and "perfume" of Batavia. He is especially known for ''Azab dan Sengsara'' ('Pain and Suffering') from 1920 about the problems of a forced marriage.<ref name="lbb" /><ref>[http://www.larousse.fr/ref/litterature/Merari-Siregar_171498.htm ]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''Larousse'' "Merari Siregar" accessed 2009-04-03</ref>

==Works==

===Novels===
* ''Azab dan Sengsara''
* ''Si Jamin dan Si Johan''
* ''Azab dan Sengsara''. 1920.
* ''Binasa Karena Gadis Priangan''. 1931.
* ''Cerita tentang Busuk dan Wanginya Kota Betawi''. 1924.
* ''Cinta dan Hawa''.

===Other===
''Si Jamin dan si Johan''. Jakarta: [Balai Pustaka](/source/Balai_Pustaka) 1918.

==References==
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Category:1896 births
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Category:People from South Tapanuli Regency
Category:People of Batak descent
Category:Indonesian male novelists
Category:20th-century Indonesian novelists
Category:20th-century Indonesian male writers
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