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Mochtar Lubis

1922 - 2004

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Mochtar Lubis ([moxˈtar luˈbɪs]; 7 March 1922 – 2 July 2004) was an Indonesian journalist and novelist who co-founded Indonesia Raya and monthly literary magazine Horison. His novel Senja di Jakarta (Twilight in Jakarta in English) was the first Indonesian novel to be translated into English. He was a critic of Sukarno and was imprisoned by him, as well as by Suharto on several later occasions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mochtar Lubis has received more than 92,406 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mochtar Lubis is the 5,065th most popular writer (down from 4,699th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indonesian Writer.

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  • 92k

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  • 44.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mochtar Lubis ranks 5,065 out of 5,755. Before him are Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Bart D. Ehrman, Anatole Le Braz, Villy Sørensen, Kate Wilhelm, and Dmitry Glukhovsky. After him are Yamabe no Akahito, Gwendolyn Brooks, Anton Aškerc, Wilbert Awdry, Charles Wilkins, and Katherine Neville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Mochtar Lubis ranks 316. Before him are José Luis Panizo, Miron Białoszewski, Guy Madison, Edwin Vásquez, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, and René Bader. After him are Osvaldo Fattori, Pauline Baynes, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, Grace Paley, Gustaf Jansson, and Jacques Lataste. Among people deceased in 2004, Mochtar Lubis ranks 226. Before him are José Luis Cuciuffo, Gunder Hägg, Mikhail Voronin, Anna Lee, Guinn Smith, and Yordan Radichkov. After him are Zurab Sakandelidze, Marvin Heemeyer, Heinrich Mark, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, George Baird, and Veerappan.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Mochtar Lubis ranks 66 out of 126. Before him are Hary Gunarto (1954), Ali Sastroamidjojo (1903), Sandra Reemer (1950), Lien Gisolf (1910), Chrisye (1949), and Xaviera Hollander (1943). After him are Usmar Ismail (1921), Dick Esser (1918), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Erick Thohir (1970), Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), and Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Indonesia

Among writers born in Indonesia, Mochtar Lubis ranks 7. Before him are Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925), Hella Haasse (1918), Amir Hamzah (1911), Chairil Anwar (1922), Abdul Muis (1883), and Xaviera Hollander (1943). After him are Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Ayu Utami (1968), and Eka Kurniawan (1975).

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