10 Facts About Taufiq Ismail

Taufiq Ismail was born on 25 June 1935 and is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine Horison.

Taufiq Ismail completed his education at the University of Indonesia.

Taufiq Ismail was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, on June 25,1935.

Taufiq Ismail was reared in a teacher and journalist family.

Taufiq Ismail had wanted to become writer since he was in high school.

Taufiq Ismail attended high school in Pekalongan, Central Java, and then Whitefish Bay High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a scholarship from American Field Service International.

Taufiq Ismail liked Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

Taufiq Ismail began a career as a writer in the 1960s, and was a noted critic of Sukarno's Guided Democracy program, lashing out at the censorship and totalitarian control of Sukarno's government.

Taufiq Ismail remains active writing for the magazine as a senior editor.

Taufiq Ismail was a prominent member of the Jakarta Arts Council and was head of the Jakarta Arts Education Institute from 1973 to 1978.