MORE ABOUT SAPARDI DJOKO DAMONO

I can't mention why so feel blue, when read Nokturno and Belimbing Wuluh poem... It all written by Sapardi Djoko Damono or with his academic degree : Prof Dr Sapardi Djoko Damono. Some say, he is a romantic grandpa. But it's true when you read his poem. Maybe you all know one of his poem, which titled AKU INGIN, it's published at his poem book, internet and inspirated many author, stories writer, and poem writer. I see it in a ALPHA WIFE novel, maybe at first page the author written about AKU INGIN... it's inspired her actually.

It was romantic in simple words, but meaningful.

Sapardi born in Solo on March 20 1940. His passion in literature, has started to appear since he was sitting on the junior high school. While sitting in high school he choose literature and then continued his education in faculty of literature UGM.

In addition to being a poet writer, he also conducted his old ideals: a lecturer. he said "So being the professor is good. If the employee's office, must sit from morning till evening," And once earned a Master of Arts, 1964, he taught at the Madison branch of IKIP Malang, for four years, then continued at Diponegoro University, Semarang, also for four years. Since 1974, teaching Sapardi teaching in Faculty of Literature UI.

Sapardi's contribution is also large enough to culture and literature, by conducting research, a guest speaker in various seminars and is active as an administrator and teacher, and became dean of the UI Faculty 1995-1999 period. He became the initiator of the teaching of courses in Basic Sciences in the faculty culture literature.

He realized that being a writer will not receive financial satisfaction. Writing is as a break, when he wanted to break away from his routine daily work.

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