From Vegetable Seller to Journalist

SITOR Situmorang in his youth was not a painter of words. Poetry was not in his head yet. His first poem, Pasar Senen (Senen Market) was only published in Siasat magazine in August 1948. Prior to this, especially in 1942, Sitor was a pupil and a vegetable seller.

A vegetable seller? When the Dutch colonial government was in shambles as a result of the Japanese invasion in 1942, the future of thousands of non-Javanese schoolchildren who studied in

Subscribe to continue reading.
We craft news with stories.

For the benefits of subscribing to Digital Tempo, See More

The Best Choice

Rp 54.945/Month

Active for 12 Months, Rp 659.340

• *You Save -Rp 102.000
• *Guaranteed update of up to 52 Editions of Tempo Magazine

Subscribe

Rp 64.380/Month

Active Every Month Cancel Anytime

• *Free for the first month if using a Credit Card

Subscribe

See Other Packages

Already a Subscribed? Log in here
To receive daily news by Email, Sign up for Tempo ID.