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Place of Birth: Cianjur, Indonesia
About Utuy Tatang Sontani
- Utuy Tatang Sontani (1920–1979) was an Indonesian writer.
- He was born in Cianjur, Java.
- In 1938 he attended an adult school in Bandung, and then became a civil servant.
- After the independence of Indonesia in 1945, he successively worked for National Broadcasting Station and Books Compilation & Translation Bureau.
- In 1959 he joined the People's Culture Association, and became a member of its central committee.
- He lived abroad after 1965. Utuy initially wrote in Sundanese, but under the Japanese rule during World War 2 he started writing in the Indonesian language.
- He preferred to write plays and short stories, and the protagonists in his works were always poor people.
- His first play Suling (1948) describes the Indonesian fight for independence.
- The second play Bunga Rumah Makan (1948) tell a story of a hotel waitress yearning for freedom and not willing to tender mercies.
- His historical novel Tambera (1948) concerns with the anti-Dutch struggle in the late 16th century and early 17th century.
- After the transfer of sovereignty, Utuy was quite disappointed with the social reality.
- His short story collection Orang-orang Sial (1951) mainly expresses tragic fate of the little people and corruption of the officialdom.
- The play Awal dan Mira (1952) reflected his disillusionment won him the first prize.
- His other plays comprise Di Langit Ada Bintang (1955), Sang Kuriang: opera dua babak (1955), Si Kabajan: komedi dua babak (1959), Tak Pernah Mendjadi Tua (1963), Manusia Kota: empat buah drama (1961) etc.
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