into an aristocratic Malay family in the Sultanate of Langkat, Sumatra,
he began writing poetry while still a teenager. Though his works are
undated, the earliest are from around 1930, when he first travelled to
Java for schooling. He continued writing while studying in Surakarta and
Batavia. He helped establish the literary magazine Poedjangga Baroe in
1932, and published his two poetry collections in it, Nyanyi Sunyi
(1937) and Buah Rindu (1941). Amir stopped writing in 1937, when he
grudgingly returned to Sumatra to marry the sultan's daughter and take
on responsibilities of the court. After Indonesia proclaimed its
independence in 1945, he served as the government's representative in
Langkat; the following year he was killed in a socialist revolution and
buried in a mass grave. His poetry deals with themes of love and
religion, and often reflects a deep inner conflict. He has been called
the "King of the Poedjangga Baroe-era Poets" and the only international-
class Indonesian poet from before the Indonesian National Revolution.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Hamzah>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1602:
The Dutch East India Company—the first company to issue
stock, one of the first multinational corporations, and possibly the
first megacorporation—was established.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company>
1760:
A fire of unknown cause broke out in Boston, Massachusetts,
destroying 349 buildings and left over a thousand people homeless.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Boston_Fire_of_1760>
1942:
World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines, US
Army General Douglas MacArthur announced in Terowie, South Australia, "I
shall return."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur>
1987:
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (AZT) became the first
antiviral drug approved for use against HIV and AIDS.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine>
2006:
Cyclone Larry made landfall in Far North Queensland, eventually
causing nearly AU$1 billion in total damage and destroying over 80
percent of Australia's banana crop.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Larry>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
paradoxical frog:
Pseudis paradoxa, a species of frog unusual because it is larger as a
tadpole (up to 25 cm or 10 in long) than as an adult (about a quarter of
that length).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paradoxical_frog>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have
it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his
life for the sheep.
--Jesus
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jesus>
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