Lubis, Mokhtar

By nationality batak . Born in the family of a senior official. He was the sixth child of twelve. After graduating from high school with an economic focus, he worked as a school teacher in Nias for about a year. Then he moved to Batavia , where he worked at a bank. During the Japanese occupation he was a translator. After independence, he worked at the national news agency Antara . founded the magazine Masa Indonesia, collaborated with the newspaper Merdeka. In 1949, together with friends, he founded the newspaper "Indonesia Paradise" (Great Indonesia), banned in the mid-1970s. for opposition publications.

In 1956-1966 under the regime, Sukarno was imprisoned for criticizing the regime in articles published in the newspaper "Indonesia Paradise" ^[1] . Later, under the regime of Suharto, he spent two months in prison (from February 4 to April 14, 1975) for participating in the riots in connection with the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaki to Jakarta in 1974. He was president of the Press Fund of Asia, was a member of the leadership of the International Press Institute and the International Association for Freedom in the Field of Culture. Life member of the Jakarta Academy (since 1970). Founder of the Obor Indonesia Foundation (Torch of Indonesia). One of the founders and first editor of the literary magazine " Chorison " (1966). Member of the UNESCO International Program for the Development of Communication. ^{[2] [3]}

He died after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease . He was buried in the Jerak Purut cemetery in Jakarta.

He began to write in childhood. The first stories were published in the Sinar Delhi medan newspaper (Delhi Star). Author of several novels and storybooks: “Without a Future” (1951), “The Road Without an End” (1952), “Women” (1956), “Badlands” (1966), “Twilight in Jakarta” (1970; in English "Twilight in Jakarta, London, 1963), the novel" Tiger! Tiger! "(1975). Mokhtar Lubis also owns a number of journalistic books, as well as manuals for novice writers: Writing Technique, (1951) and Screenwriting Technique (1952) In addition, he was engaged in translating into Indonesian the works of American, European and Chinese writers. western and eastern languages.

• Prize of the magazine "Kisakh" (1953, the story "Autumn")
• BMKN National Literary Award (short story “The Road without End”, 1952; English translation of “A road with no end”, London, 1968)
• BMKN National Literary Prize (collection of short stories, 1955-1956)
• Ramon Magsaysay Prize (1958; in 1995 returned the prize in protest against the award of the same Pramoudie Prize to Ananta Turu )
• Golden Pen of Liberty Award, World Association of Newspaper Publishers (1967)
• Literary prize of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the best book in 1975 (novel "Tiger! Tiger!")
• Literary Prize of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the best book in 1979 (novel "Love and Death")
• Khairil Anwar Literary Prize of the Jakarta Arts Council (1992)
• Inclusion in the list of 50 heroes fighters for freedom of speech of the International Press Institute (2000)

• Tidak Ada Esok (Without a Future) (short story, 1951)
• Si Jamal dan Cerita-Cerita Lain (Si Jamal and other short stories) (storybook, 1950)
• Perempuan (Women) (storybook, 1956)
• Harta Karun (Treasure) (children's story, 1964)
• Tanah Gersang (Badlands) (novel 1966)
• Senja di Jakart (Twilight in Jakarta) (short story, 1970)
• Judar Bersaudara (The Judar Brothers) (children's story, 1971)
• Penyamun dalam Rimba (The Jungle Robber) (a children's story, 1972)
• Harimau! Harimau! (Tiger! Tiger!) (Novel, 1975)
• Manusia Indonesia (Indonesians) (essay, 1977)
• Berkelana dalam Rimba (Adventures in the Jungle) (children's story, 1980)
• Kuli Kontrak (Cooley by contract) (storybook, 1982)
• Catatan Subversif (Subversive Notes) (1982)
• Bromocorah (Likhodey) (storybook, 1983)

• Perlawatan ke Amerika Serikat (Travel to America) (1951)
• Perkenalan di Asia Tenggara (Dating in Southeast Asia) (1951)
• Catatan Korea (Korean Notes) (1951)
• Indonesia di Mata Dunia (Indonesia in the eyes of the world) (1955)
• Negeriku di Bawah Pelangi (My country under the rainbow) (1979)

• Pelangi: 70 Tahun Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana (Rainbow: To the 70th Anniversary of Takdir Alishahbana) (1979)
• Bunga Rampai Korupsi (Anthology of Corruption) (with James S. Scott, 1984)
• Hati Nurani Melawan Kezaliman: Surat-Surat Bung Hatta kepada Presiden Soekarno (Conscience against tyranny: letters from Bung Hutta to President Sukarno) (1986)

• Tiga Cerita dari Negeri Dollar (Three Tales from the Country of the Dollar: John Steinbeck, Upton Sinclair, John Russell) (1950)
• Orang Kaya (The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald) (1950)
• Yakin ("Act of Confidence" by Irwin Shaw, 1950)
• Kisah-kisah dari Eropa (A Collection of Short Stories by European Writers) (1952)
• Cerita dari Tiongkok (Tales of Chinese Writers) (with Beb Wuyk and S. Muningsari) (1953)

• Tiger! Tiger! (novel). Translation by V. Sumsky. - Modern Indonesian prose. 70th years. Compilation and afterword by V. Braginsky. M .: Rainbow, 1988. ISBN 5-05-002235-5
• Dashing man (story). Translation by D. Basov. - Indonesia. Malaysia. Materials on the culture of Nusantara. SPbSU. 1996, p. 76-84.
• Twilight in Jakarta (excerpt from the novel). Translation by D. Basov. - Culture of the countries of the Malay archipelago. Collection of materials. SPbSU, 1997, p. 144-150.

• Kung fu
• Orchid cultivation

• Father Raja Pandapotan Lubis
• Wife Siti Halimah (died 2001)

• MS Hutagalung. Djalan tak ada udjung Mochtar Lubis. Djakarta: Gunung Agung, 1963
• Henri Chambert-Loir. Mochtar Lubis, une vision de l'Indonésie contemporaine. Paris 1974.
• Hill, David T. Mochtar Lubis: author, editor, political actor. Australian National University, 1988.
• David T. Hill. Journalism and Politics in Indonesia: A Critical Biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as Editor and Author. Routledge, 2010.