{{Short description|Indonesian poet, activist and editor}} {{Infobox writer | name = Taufiq Ismail | image = Taufiq Ismail dalam acara 50 Tahun Majalah Horison; 26 Juli 2016.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Taufiq Ismail | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | nationality = | citizenship = | period = | genre = Poetry | subject = | movement = Angkatan '66 | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = 1 son | relatives = | awards = Anugerah Seni, Pemerintah RI. (1970); S.E.A. Write Award (1994);Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma (2016) | website = | portaldisp = | signature = Signature of Taufiq Ismail.svg }}
'''Taufiq Ismail''' (born 25 June 1935) is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine ''Horison''.<ref name=BlackClouds/> Ismail figured prominently in Indonesian literature of the post-Sukarno period and is considered one of the pioneers of the "Generation of '66".<ref name=ModIndLit-2/> He completed his education at the University of Indonesia. Before becoming active as a writer, he taught at the Institut Pertanian Bogor. In 1963, he signed the "Cultural Manifesto" as a document that opposed linking art to politics. This cost him his teaching position at the Institut.
Ismail wrote many poems, of which the best-known are: ''Malu (Aku) Jadi Orang Indonesia, Tirani dan Benteng, Tirani, Benteng, Buku Tamu Musim Perjuangan, Sajak Ladang Jagung, Kenalkan, Saya Hewan, Puisi-puisi Langit, Prahara Budaya : Kilas Balik Ofensif Lekra, Ketika Kata Ketika Warna'' and ''Seulawah-Antologi Sastra Aceh''. Bored with his serious writing style, in 1970 he began writing poems mixed with humor. He has won many awards, including the "Cultural Visit Award" from the Australian government (1977) and the S.E.A. Write Award (1994).
==Biography== Taufiq Ismail was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, on June 25, 1935. He was reared in a teacher and journalist family. He had wanted to become writer since he was in high school. His reading hobby was more satisfied when Taufiq became the librarian in Pelajar Islam Indonesia Pekalongan's library, where he read the works of Chairil Anwar, William Saroyan, and Karl May, besides books about history, politics, and religion.<ref name=JakGlobe1/>
He attended high school in Pekalongan, Central Java, and then Whitefish Bay High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a scholarship from American Field Service International. There he read the works of Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman. He also liked Ernest Hemingway's ''The Old Man and the Sea''.<ref name="JakGlobe1"/>
He began a career as a writer in the 1960s, and was a noted critic of Sukarno's Guided Democracy program, lashing out at the censorship and totalitarian control of Sukarno's government.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Woodrich|first=Chris|year=2013|title=Lilis Suryani's 'Gang Kelinci' as a Reflection of Social Realities in Indonesia (1957–1965)|journal=Diglossia|volume=4|issue=2|url=http://www.journal.unipdu.ac.id/index.php/diglosia/issue/view/30|archive-date=2022-07-06|access-date=2013-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706125905/http://www.journal.unipdu.ac.id/index.php/diglosia/issue/view/30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ismail was a joint editor of ''Horison'', a literary magazine, along with D.S. Muljanto, Zaini, Su Hok Djin, and Goenawan Mohamad. ''Horison'' was started in July 1966 by Mochtar Lubis and HB Jassin, as a successor to ''Sastra''.<ref name=ModIndLit-1>{{cite book | last1=Teeuw | first1=A. | title=Modern Indonesian literature | year=1967 | publisher= Martinus Nijhoff | location=The Hague | oclc= 462738753 | pages=253–254}}</ref> He remains active writing for the magazine as a senior editor.<ref name=JakPost1/> He was a prominent member of the Jakarta Arts Council (''Dewan Kesenian Jakarta'') and was head of the Jakarta Arts Education Institute (''Lembaga Pendidikan Kesenian Jakarta'') from 1973 to 1978.<ref name=ModIndLit-2/>
===Personal life=== Taufiq Ismail married in 1971. He and his wife have one son.
==Works== * ''Manifestasi'' (1963) (alongside Goenawan Mohamad, Hartojo Andangjaya, et al.) * ''Benteng ''(1966) * '' Tirani ''(1966) * '' Puisi-puisi Sepi'' (1971) * '' Kota, Pelabuhan, Ladang, Angin, dan Langit'' (1971) * '' Buku Tamu Museum Perjuangan'' (1972) * '' Sajak Ladang Jagung'' (1973) * '' Puisi-puisi Langit'' (1990) * {{cite book | last = Ismail | first = Taufiq | title = Tirani Dan Benteng | publisher = Yayasan Ananda | location = Jakarta | year = 1993 |language=id | isbn = 978-979-8424-00-7 }} * {{cite book | last1 = Moeljanto | first1 =D.S. | last2 = Ismail | first2 =Taufiq | title = Prahara budaya : kilas-balik ofensif Lekra/PKI dkk. : kumpulan dokumen pergolakan sejarah | publisher = Diterbitkan atas kerja sama Penerbit Mizan dan H.U. Republika | location = Bandung | year = 1995 |language=id |isbn = 978-979-433-064-7 }} * {{cite book | editor1-last = Ara | editor1-first = L.K. | editor2-last = Ismail | editor2-first = Taufiq | editor3-last = Ks | editor3-first = Hasyim |title = Seulawah, antologi sastra Aceh sekilas pintas | publisher = Yayasan Nusantara | location = Jakarta | year = 1995 |language=id | isbn = 978-979-8889-00-4 }} * {{cite book | last = Ismail | first = Taufiq | title = Malu (aku) jadi orang Indonesia | publisher = Yayasan Ananda | location = Jakarta | year = 1998 |language=id | isbn = 978-979-8424-04-5 }} (literally means ( I ) Shamed to be Indonesian, this work was published after Indonesian 1998 Revolution, this work is about Ismail's criticism about the government) * {{cite book |editor1-last = Ismail | editor1-first = Taufiq | title = Horison esai Indonesia : sastra Indonesia dalam program Sastrawan Bicara Siswa Bertanya (SBSB) 2003 | publisher = Horison | location = Jakarta | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-979-98220-0-0 }} * {{cite book | last = Ismail | first = Taufiq | title = Katastrofi mendunia : Marxisma, Leninisma, Stalinisma, Maoisma, narkoba | publisher = Yayasan Titik Infinitum | location = Jakarta | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-979-98857-0-8 }} * {{cite book | last = Ismail | first = Taufiq | title = Mengakar ke bumi, menggapai ke langit (4 volume set) | publisher = Panitia 55 Tahun Taufiq Ismail dalam Sastra Indonesia dan Majalah Sastra Horizon | location = Jakarta |volume=1-4 | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-979-98220-8-6 }} * Taufiq Ismail. Dengan Puisi Aku. 1 Puisi, 80 Bahasa, 80 Tahun. Terjemahan Puisi dalam 58 Bahasa Dunia dan 22 Bahasa Daerah. Prakata Prof. Victor A. Pogadaev. Jakarta: Horison, 2015, ISSN 0125-9016 * Taufiq Ismail. Dengan Puisi Aku. Dalam 60 Bahasa. Editor Victor A. Pogadaev . Kuala Lumpur: Esasatera Enterprise, 2016 {{ISBN|978-967-5043-68-0}}
==In English== * "Stop Thief!" (short story) in ''Black Clouds over the Isle of Gods'', edited and translated by David Roskies. M.E. Sharpe (1997). {{ISBN|978-0-7656-0033-2}}.
==In Russian== * Taufik Ismail. ''Rendez-Vous''. ''Izbrannie Stikhi'' (Rendez-Vous. Selected Poems). Edited and translated by Victor Pogadaev. Designed by Aris Azis. Moscow: Humanitary, 2004: 136. {{OCLC|448890884}}. * Taufiq Ismail. ''Vernite Mne Indoneziyu''. ''Izbrannie Stikhi'' (Return Indonesia To Me. Selected Poems). Edited and translated by Victor Pogadaev. Designed by Hardi. Moscow: Klyuch-C, 2010: 124. {{ISBN|978-5-93136-119-2}}.
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="BlackClouds">{{cite book | editor1-first= David M. E. |editor1-last= Roskies | title = Black clouds over the Isle of Gods and other modern Indonesian short stories | publisher = M.E. Sharpe | location=Armonk, N.Y | year=1997 | isbn = 978-0-7656-0032-5 | page=202}} </ref><ref name="ModIndLit-2">{{cite book | last=Teeuw | first=A. | author-link=A. Teeuw | year=1979 | title = Modern Indonesian literature | publisher = Martinus Nijhoff | location=The Hague | isbn=90-247-2308-6 | oclc=462738753}} </ref><ref name="JakGlobe1">{{cite news |author = Gary Kong |title = From Vet Science to Scribe: Inside the Life of One of Indonesia's Favorite Writers |url = http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/taufiq-ismails-poetic-protest/325313 |newspaper = The Jakarta Post |date = 21 August 2009 |access-date = 23 November 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090824040949/http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/taufiq-ismails-poetic-protest/325313 |archive-date = 24 August 2009 }} </ref><ref name="JakPost1">{{cite news | author=Emmy Fitri | author2=Iwan Setiawan | title=Taufiq Ismail: A constant battle against ignorance | url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/06/15/taufiq-ismail-a-constant-battle-against-ignorance.html | newspaper=The Jakarta Post | location=Jakarta |date=15 June 2008 | access-date=16 November 2011 }} </ref> }}
==External links== * {{in lang|id}} [http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/t/taufiq-ismail/index.shtml Tokoh Indonesia:Taufiq Ismail] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070812115832/http://www.tokohindonesia.com/ensiklopedi/t/taufiq-ismail/index.shtml |date=2007-08-12 }} * {{in lang|id}} [http://biografiku.com/2009/11/biografi-taufik-ismail.html Blog Bio: Taufiq Ismail] * [http://www.massviolence.org/Ismail-Taufiq?id_mot=150 A short biography of Ismail at the "Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence"] * {{in lang|id}} [https://sea.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/SEAImages%3AYL-PG-013-Taufiq Biography of Taufiq Ismail | Southeast Asia Digital Library] {{Authority control}}
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