WRITER

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 97,637 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mochtar Lubis is the 5,407th most popular writer (down from 5,048th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 66th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indonesian Writer.

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  • 46.24

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Manusia Indonesia
Social conditions
Social conditions in Indonesia; a speech.
1978
Djalan tak ada Udjung
1968
Harimau, harimau
1975
Pelangi
Indonesian literature
1938
Twilight in Djakarta
Fiction, general, Indonesia, fiction
1964
Indonesian Dilemma
Indonesian National characteristics
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mochtar Lubis ranks 5,407 out of 7,302. Before him are William Harrison Ainsworth, Henry Roth, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ibrahim Kuni, Kristin Hannah, and Kārlis Skalbe. After him are Olivia Manning, Mira Alečković, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Remco Campert, and Nathan Zach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Mochtar Lubis ranks 341. Before him are Jack Kruschen, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Tony Leblanc, Lloyd La Beach, Sydney Lassick, and Neal Hefti. After him are Guy Madison, Carl Amery, Margaret Leighton, Rudolf Illovszky, José Craveirinha, and Giorgio Anglesio. Among people deceased in 2004, Mochtar Lubis ranks 246. Before him are Natalya Baranskaya, Kamisese Mara, Jan Sterling, Thea Beckman, Marcelo González Martín, and Mykola Rudenko. After him are Carl Raddatz, Germano de Figueiredo, Tini Wagner, Mikheil Korkia, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and Julius Sang.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Mochtar Lubis ranks 75 out of 158. Before him are Abdul Muis (1883), Hary Gunarto (1954), Kusuma Wardhani (1964), Ali Sastroamidjojo (1903), Iko Uwais (1983), and Lien Gisolf (1910). After him are Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Adrianus de Jong (1882), Nh. Dini (1936), Agnez Mo (1986), Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950), and Taco (1955).

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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), Xaviera Hollander (1943), and Abdul Muis (1883). After him are Nh. Dini (1936), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), Ayu Utami (1968), and Eka Kurniawan (1975).

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