Amir Hamzah

Tengku Amir Hamzah was an Indonesian poet and National Hero of Indonesia. Born into a Malay aristocratic family in the Sultanate of Langkat in North Sumatra, he was educated in both Sumatra and Java. Amir wrote 50 poems, 18 pieces of lyrical prose, and numerous other works, including several translations. After Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945, he served as...