Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

Indonesian novelist and poet (1908-1994).

Born February 11th, 1908 in Natal.

Died July 17th, 1994 at 86 years old in Jakarta.

Occupations
linguist, novelist, philosopher, poet, politician, university teacher, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel