Tio Ie Soei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tio Ie Soei

Peranakan Chinese writer and journalist active in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia.

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1890

Place of Birth: Dutch East Indies

Date of Death: 20-Aug-1974

Profession: writer, journalist, novelist

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Tio Ie Soei (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhào Yushui; Pe?h-oe-ji: Tio Í-súi; 22 June 1890 – 20 August 1974; also known by the pen name Tjoa Pit Bak) was a peranakan Chinese writer and journalist active in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia.
Born in the capital at Batavia (now Jakarta), Tio entered journalism while still a teenager.
By 1911 he had begun writing fiction, publishing Sie Po Giok – his first novel – that year.
Over the next 50 years Tio wrote extensively in several newspapers and magazines, serving as an editor for some.
He also wrote several novels and biographies, including ones on Tan Sie Tat and Lie Kim Hok.