Hans Bague Jassin, better known as HB Jassin, was an Indonesian literary critic, documentarian, and professor.
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18 Facts About HB Jassin
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In 1971, HB Jassin was given a one-year prison sentence and a two-year probation period because as the editor of Sastra, he refused to reveal the identity of an anonymous writer who wrote a story which was considered by the court to be blasphemous.
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HB Jassin attended at a hollandsch-inlandsche school, a Dutch-language school for native Indonesians, in Gorontalo, where he began to read extensively.
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HB Jassin started in short story and poetry writing, but was later moved to reviews and documentation.
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In 1953, HB Jassin enrolled in the literature program of the University of Indonesia, doubling as a lecturer for courses related to modern Indonesian literature.
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HB Jassin was fired from his position at UI in 1964, after he was one of the main signatories of the 1963 Manifesto Kebudayaan, a response to the continued leftist pressures in literature.
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In 1971, HB Jassin was put on trial for blasphemy for refusing to divulge the true name of the author of the short story "Langit Makin Mendung", which was published in Sastra, which he edited.
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HB Jassin was sentenced to a year's suspended sentence; he spent two years arguing against the verdict.
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In 1978, HB Jassin produced a translation of the Quran, titled Al Qur'an Bacaan Mulia, which was in verse rather than the traditional prose.
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HB Jassin later made another translation, Al-Qur'an Berwajah Puisi, which proved to be controversial.
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HB Jassin started using a wheelchair in 1996 due to a stroke.
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HB Jassin himself attempted to continue his work with the assistance of his niece, but was unable to keep his previous pace.
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HB Jassin died at Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta after suffering a stroke on the morning of 11 March 2000.
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HB Jassin was then buried in a state funeral at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta.
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HB Jassin then married Arsiti, with whom he had two children; it was Arsiti's death that drove him to translate the Quran, after repeating the Surah Ya Sin while in mourning.
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HB Jassin was given numerous awards by the government, including the Satyalencana Kebudayaan in 1969 and Anugerah Seni in 1983.
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HB Jassin received numerous civilian awards, including the Martinus Nijhoff Prize in 1973 and the Ramon Magsaysay award in 1987.
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