WRITER

Chairil Anwar

1922 - 1949

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Chairil Anwar (26 July 1922 – 28 April 1949) was an Indonesian poet and member of the "1945 Generation" of writers. He is estimated to have written 96 works, including 70 individual poems. Anwar was born and raised in Medan, North Sumatra, before moving to Batavia with his mother in 1940, where he began to enter the local literary circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chairil Anwar has received more than 195,341 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Chairil Anwar is the 4,050th most popular writer (down from 3,716th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 44th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indonesian Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chairil Anwar ranks 4,050 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivan Shmelyov, Simon Leys, Cecco Angiolieri, Karel Teige, Anna Langfus, and Bret Harte. After him are Marcel Jouhandeau, James Redfield, Jan Kott, E. B. White, Gary Chapman, and Fay Weldon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Chairil Anwar ranks 258. Before him are Charles Gérard, Daniel Boulanger, Xenia Stad-de Jong, Agustín Gaínza, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, and Lyndon LaRouche. After him are Karl Aage Præst, John Christopher, José Luis López Vázquez, Juhan Smuul, Július Torma, and Hal Moore. Among people deceased in 1949, Chairil Anwar ranks 118. Before him are James Somerville, Oton Župančič, Paul Chocque, Edward Stettinius Jr., Sekiryo Kaneda, and Uemura Shōen. After him are Nora Gregor, Arvo Aaltonen, Nikolai Semashko, René Maire, Carl Vaugoin, and Themistoklis Sofoulis.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Chairil Anwar ranks 51 out of 158. Before him are I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917), Amir Sjarifuddin (1907), Xenia Stad-de Jong (1922), Amir Hamzah (1911), Arie de Jong (1865), and Boediono (1943). After him are Wage Rudolf Supratman (1903), Martha Christina Tiahahu (1800), Mohammad Natsir (1908), Dewi Sartika (1884), Jan Kok (1889), and Sandra Reemer (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Indonesia

Among writers born in Indonesia, Chairil Anwar ranks 4. Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), Hella Haasse (1918), and Amir Hamzah (1911). After him are Xaviera Hollander (1943), Abdul Muis (1883), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Nh. Dini (1936), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), and Ayu Utami (1968).

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