JAKARTA - Today's memory, 29 years ago, October 12, 1993, Indonesian Sastrawan, Ramadhan Karta Hadimadja (Ramadhan KH) received the South East Asia (S.EA) Write Award. The prestigious celebration was held in Bangkok, Thailand. The novel, entitled Ladang Perminus (1990) was selected as the best literary work.
As a result, he was able to become an Indonesian writer who received an award, after AA Navis and Putu Wijaya. Ramadhan's achievements further confirmed him as one of Indonesia's talented literatures.
The world of Indonesian literature without mentioning the figure of Ramadhan is certainly incomplete. It can transform everything in the world of writing. It can act as a poet, novelist, historian, and culturalist. Everything has been beaten equally well since the 1950s.
He is good at narration history. The matter of building a fictional narrative, let alone. His extension was recognized. He even went to the Netherlands to study the local holidays with other well-known literatures in 1951. From Pramoedya Ananta Toer to Sitor Situman.
The name Ramadhan is no less classy in the field of historical writing. he is remembered as a specialist author of a well-known character biography. He can be a good listener in conveying the narrative of the owner of the story.
The skills are combined with two-only writing talent. Crispy writing and containing facts that not many people know. Many national figures are attracted to their skills. He was also asked to write their biographys. Among others, Suharto, Ali Sadikin, to the'honest police' Hoegeng Imam Santoso.
Outside of fiction, his name is also remembered as a special message author. Biography about Bung Karno's wife when she was a Bandung student: Technische Hoogeschool (now: ITB), is presented in Kuntar to Gate: Love Story, Mrs. Inggit with Bung Karno (1981). About the second most durable President of the Republic of Indonesia, he wrote Suharto: My Thoughts, Sayings, and Action (1991).
Then, about the royal prima donna opera whose integrated Indonesian theater model Baheula, she wrote the Wawling: Dewi Dja from Dardanella (1982). About the founder of the red beret corps he wrote AE Kawiramang: For the Red-White (1988)," concluded Remy Sylado in an article by In Meriamdi Tempo Magazine entitled Ramadhan, Back to Pangkuan Origin (2006).
Ramadhan's steps are difficult to be surpassed by other writers. He has won a variety of awards in the field of writing. The award that made him happy was the SEA Write Award.
The award was obtained by Ramadhan KH through his novel entitled Ladang Perminus on October 2, 1993 in Bangkok, Thailand. The award further strengthens the father of musician Gilang Ramadhan as one of the best writers owned by Indonesia.
On October 12, 1993 Atun received the South East Asia Writer Award in Bangkok, Thailand. From Indonesia, the previous award was AA. Navis, Putu Widjaya, YB Mangunwidjaya. Anniversary because his name was installed in a hotel in Bangkok.
"What was also pleasing to his heart was the VIl National Congress of History, Jakarta, October 28-31, 2001, Ramadhan KH together with Rosihan Anwar confirmed as a Member of the Honorary Community of the Indonesian Historian (MSI)," explained Rosihan Anwar in the book "Petite Histoire" Indonesia Volume 3(2009).