The Sad News Comes From The World Of Literature, Radhar Panca Dahana Dies

Literary and humanist Radhar Panca Dahana / Special

JAKARTA - The sad news comes from the literary world. Radhar Panca Dahana passed away tonight.

This news is circulating in the Watsup group. Panca Dahana died at the Emergency Unit (UGD) Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital around 20.00 WIB.

"Innalillahi wainna ilahi rojiun. Has passed away tonight at 8:00 p.m. Radhar Panca Dahana at the emergency room at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital," said a short message passed on by relatives, Thursday, April 22.

"We are sorry for all his mistakes and sins. Please pray that he will get the best place by His side. Amen YRA," he continued.

This was confirmed by the management of Nahdlatul Ulama in their twitter account. "The Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama expressed deep sorrow for the death of Brother Radhar Panca Dahana (Cultural and Theater Figure)," wrote @nahdlatululama.

Radhar Panca Dahana is a writer and humanist known for his works in the form of sstra essays, short stories and poems published in a number of Indonesian newspapers.

Radhar Panca Dahana who is also the president of the Indonesian Theater Federation, completed the undergraduate program of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia and Sociology at the École des Hautes Études en Science Sociale.

A number of his works are Becoming a Human (humanities essay), Lalu Aku (a collection of poems), Traces of Postmodernism, Stories from the Land of Smoke (a collection of short stories) including Inikah Kita: Indonesian Human Mozaik