Jan Engelbert Tatengkeng (October 19, 1907 – March 6, 1968) was an Indonesian poet from the Pujangga Baru era.

He was also the fourth Prime Minister of the State of East Indonesia.

[citation needed] Jan Engelbert Tatengkeng was educated at a Hollandsch-Inlandsche School (HIS, Dutch Native School) in Manganitu, a Christelijk Middagkweekscool (Christian Normal School) in Bandung and a Christian teachers' college in Surakarta, Central Java, where he learned about Tachtigers, a form of Dutch literature that later influenced most of his work.

[1] Most of Tatengkeng's works were influenced by Tachtigers and Christianity.

[1] Poems first published in the magazine Poedjangga Baroe