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Although there were only a small number of people actively interested in literature at this time, the need for an independent literary magazine gradually made itself felt. Until then poems and literary essays had appeared sporadically in all sorts of journals, newspapers, publications of organizations etc. In 1932 Pandji Pustaka (Banner of Letters), a general weekly issued by Balai Pustaka, started a literary column, which included poetry, but this hardly satisfied the aspirations of nationalistically minded young authors.48 In March 1932, the first independent effort was made. It was Sanusi Pané who started an Indonesian counterpart to the magazine Timboel which he was already editing in Dutch.49 Amongst the early contributors was the young poet Amir Hamzah, who published in it his remarkable modern poetical, ballad-like version of the old story of the Malay hero Hang Tuah (see p. 88 below). This Indonesian language journal Timboel did not last very long. However, just over a year later, in July 1933, the first issue of a new magazine appeared, called Pudjangga Baru (The New Poet). Those who played the most important part in its foundation and who also became the first editors were Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana and Armijn Pané; the former the spiritual leader, the latter the active organizer and first secretary of the editorial board.
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Teeuw, A. (1967). Pudjangga Baru and Bahasa Indonesia. In: Modern Indonesian literature. Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0768-4_10
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