Sori Siregar (born 12 November 1939) is an Indonesian writer whose full name is Sutan Sirovi Sori Siregar. After graduating his high school in Medan (1959), he continued his higher education in Medan and started writing in 1960. Since then he wrote short stories for 18 years, and wrote his first novel in 1980. Siregar, Sori. Senja. Nusa Indah, 1979, Flores. Halaman sampul belakang. He is a younger brother of Ridwan Siregar.

Life and work

Being active in literary world, he attended the Indonesian writers conference ( Konferensi Karyawan Pengarang Seluruh Indonesia (KKPI) in Jakarta (1964), the Asian

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conference in

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conference in

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, Korea Selatan, and in 1970–1971 the

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, the

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, Iowa City, USA. Siregar, Sori. Telepon. Balai Pustaka, 1982, Jakarta. Halaman sampul belakang. He worked for RRI Nusantara III Medan (English Section, 1966–1972), BBC Radio London (Indonesia Section, 1972–1974), Radio Talivishen Malaysia,

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(Indonesian section, 1975–1978)

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(RRI) National Station Jakarta (1979–1982) and the

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(Indonesian section, 1982–1985), Washington DC, USA. During his stay in Jakarta, he worked as an editor of several magazines as ''Times'', ''Executive'', ''Matra'', ''Sarinah'', ''Justice Forum'' and so on. He wrote short stories in various medias as ''

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'', ''Sarinah'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Java Pos'', ''Republika'' and so on. He wrote short stories, two of which won the Jakarta Arts Council Award, which is ''Woman that is Mother'' and ''Telopon''. Both were published by

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. And also novel ''Initial climbing'' and two collection of short stories ''Meeting Point Jail'' are also published by Balai Pustaka. Another collection of short stories ''Among a Thousand Colors'' published by Pustaka Jaya and a collection of short stories ''Senja'' published by Nusa Indah, Flores. A latest collection of short stories "A While in This Life" was published in 2003 by Penerbit Progres(Progress Publishers), Jakarta. Furthermore, a short story collection "Kisah Abrukuwah" published by

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. He also translated many works of foreign literature including novels, short stories and dramas, into Indonesian. Some of the short stories are from authors such as

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, etc.

Publications

* * * * * * * Titik Temu (short stories, 1996) *

References

External links

Archive for the ‘Sori Siregar’ Category
1939 births Living people People from Medan Indonesian writers International Writing Program alumni People of Batak descent {{Indonesia-writer-stub