Jan Engelbert Tatengkeng


Jan Engelbert Tatengkeng was an Indonesian poet from the Pujangga Baru era. He was also the fourth Prime Minister of the State of East Indonesia.

Early life

Jan Engelbert Tatengkeng was educated at a Hollandsch-Inlandsche School in Manganitu, a Christelijk Middagkweekscool 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.

List of works

Most of Tatengkeng's works were influenced by Tachtigers and Christianity. His best known collection of poems is Rindu Dendam, which contains 32 poems and was first published in 1934. He also published poems in magazines.
His other works comprise works of prose and a play.

Works

Poems first published in the magazine Poedjangga Baroe
Poems first published in other magazines
Prose Works
Drama