Amir Hamzah bibliography

Indonesian author Amir Hamzah (1911–1946) wrote 50 poems, 18 pieces of lyrical prose, 12 articles, 4 short stories, 3 poetry collections, and 1 book.

The majority of Amir's original poems are included in his collections Njanji Soenji (1937) and Boeah Rindoe (1941), both first published in the literary magazine Poedjangga Baroe.

[1] Born in Langkat to Malay nobility, Amir completed his education at schools run by the Dutch colonial government in several cities on Sumatra and Java.

[2] By 1928 he had enrolled in a Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs (junior high school) in the colonial capital of Batavia (now Jakarta); he wrote his first poems during this period.

[4] One of these works, a lyrical prose piece entitled "Poedjangga Baroe" ("New Writer"), was meant to promote the magazine of the same name that Amir established in collaboration with Armijn Pane and Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana.

A magazine cover
Most of Hamzah's work was published in Poedjangga Baroe .
A portrait of a man looking forward
Hamzah translated a poem by Chinese poet Du Fu .
A scroll showing a woman standing beside a well
Hamzah translated a poem by Japanese poet Fukuda Chiyo-ni , known for her haikus .
A profile picture of a man with a long beard
Hamzah translated two poems by Nobel Prize -winning writer Rabindranath Tagore .
A woodcarving showing a man in a blue kimono looking up
Hamzah translated a work by Japanese poet Yamabe no Akahito .