Anies Baswedan Supports HB Jassin To Become A National Hero

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswaden supports the late Hans Bague (HB) Jassin as a National Hero from Gorontalo Province.

This support was conveyed at the National Seminar on proposing HB Jassin to become a National Hero at the Jakarta National Library office, Tuesday, February 22.

"We really appreciate the effort to place HB Jassin as a National Hero. HB Jassin is the link between Gorontalo and Jakarta. His birth in Gorontalo, his residence in Jakarta, is beneficial throughout Indonesia," said Anies Baswedan at the virtual seminar, quoted by Antara.

Anies said, HB Jassin has a big role in the journey of the Indonesian nationality. Therefore, according to him, the seminar is not just to remember every moment of HB Jassin's life journey, but to interpret his struggles.

"It's not just writing down the series of events that happened to him, because we are all aware of how big the role of HB Jassin is in our national journey. He is unique, the profession that made him famous is literary critic, his job is to criticize words. The Center for Literary Documentation that he founded is one of the most comprehensive in the world,” he explained.

Anies ended his speech by reading a poem entitled Prayer by HB Jassin which was written in 1945.

The seminar was opened by the Deputy Governor of Gorontalo Idris Rahim virtually from Gorontalo.

HB Jassin is the son of Gorontalo who was proposed by the Gorontalo Provincial Government to become a national hero.

He was born in Gorontalo on July 31, 1917 and died in Jakarta on March 11, 2000.