Age, Biography and Wiki

Chairil Anwar was born on 26 July, 1922 in Medan, Dutch East Indies, is an Indonesian poet. Discover Chairil Anwar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 26 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation Poet
Age 26 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 26 July, 1922
Birthday 26 July
Birthplace Medan, Dutch East Indies
Date of death 28 April, 1949
Died Place Djakarta, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesia

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 26 July. He is a member of famous poet with the age 26 years old group.

Chairil Anwar Height, Weight & Measurements

At 26 years old, Chairil Anwar height not available right now. We will update Chairil Anwar's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Chairil Anwar Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chairil Anwar worth at the age of 26 years old? Chairil Anwar’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from Indonesia. We have estimated Chairil Anwar's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income poet

Chairil Anwar Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1922

Chairil Anwar (26 July 1922 – 28 April 1949) was an Indonesian poet and member of the "1945 Generation" of writers.

He is estimated to have written 96 works, including 70 individual poems.

Anwar was born in Medan, North Sumatra on 26 July 1922.

As a child, he was hard-headed and unwilling to lose at anything; this was reflective of his parents' personalities.

He was also spoiled by his parents.

He attended local schools for native Indonesians, until dropping out at the age of 18 or earlier.

Anwar later said that he had known he wanted to be an artist since the age of 15, having already written poetry in the then-dominant style.

After his parents' divorce, his father continued to financially support him and his mother, who moved to Batavia (Jakarta after Indonesia's independence).

Although originally intending to continue his schooling, he eventually dropped out again.

In Batavia he mixed with many rich Indo children, as well as the local literary scene.

Despite him not finishing his schooling, he was capable of actively using English, Dutch, and German.

1940

Anwar was born and raised in Medan, North Sumatra, before moving to Batavia with his mother in 1940, where he began to enter the local literary circles.

1942

After publishing his first poem in 1942, Anwar continued to write.

However, his poems were at times censored by the Japanese, who were then occupying Indonesia.

Living rebelliously, Anwar wrote extensively, often about death.

He died in Jakarta of an unknown illness.

His work dealt with various themes, including death, individualism, and existentialism, and were often multi-interpretable.

Drawing influence from foreign poets, Anwar used everyday language and new syntax to write his poetry, which has been noted as aiding the development of the Indonesian language.

His poems were often constructed irregularly, but with individual patterns.

After Anwar's poem "Nisan" ("Grave"; reputedly his first), inspired by his grandmother's death, was written in 1942, Anwar gained recognition.

However, his poems were at times still rejected.

1943

For example, in 1943, when he first approached the magazine Pandji Pustaka to submit his poems, most were rejected for being too individualistic and not keeping with the spirit of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

However, some poems, including "Diponegoro", were able to pass the censors.

During this period he continued associating with other writers, trading ideas and later becoming a leader amongst them.

He later established the magazine Gema Gelanggang.

1949

He wrote his last poem, "Cemara Menderai Sampai Jauh" ("Fir Trees Are Sown Off Into the Distance"), in 1949.

In January 1949, his father was one of hundreds of civilians killed by the Dutch in the Rengat massacre.

Anwar died in CBZ Hospital (now R.S. Ciptomangunkusomo), Jakarta, on 28 April 1949; the following day, he was buried at Karet Bivak Cemetery.

His cause of death is uncertain, with some suggesting typhus, some syphilis, and some suggesting a combination of the two as well as tuberculosis.

The Dutch scholar of Indonesian literature A. Teeuw suggests that Anwar was aware that he would die young, pointing to "Jang Terampas dan Jang Putus" ("The Seized and the Broken"), which has a theme of surrender, and predicts that he will be buried in Karet.

During his lifetime Anwar wrote approximately 94 works, including 71 poems.

Of these, Anwar considered only 13 to be truly good poems.

His most celebrated work is "Aku" ("Me").

Most of Anwar's poems were unpublished at the time of his death, but were later collected in posthumous anthologies.

The first published anthology was Deru Tjampur Debu (Roar Mixed with Dust), which was followed by Kerikil Tadjam dan Jang Terampas dan Terputus (Sharp Pebbles and the Seized and The Broken).

Although several poems in these collections had the same title, they had slight differences.

Teeuw notes that it is difficult, if not impossible, to identify a single theme which unites all of Anwar's work, as his poems reflect his state of mind at the time of writing.

Teeuw writes that the only feature common to all of Anwar's work is an intensity and joie de vivre that reflects Anwar's radicalism, which permeated all aspects of his life.

Individual poems, though at times full of excitement, generally reflect a fear of death or depression, to the point that it is impossible to identify "the true Chairil [Anwar]".

Aside from that, Anwar's works are multi-interpretable, with every reader able to take what they want from his poems; Teeuw notes that the Japanese overlords read "Diponegoro" as a challenge to white colonialists, Indonesia's Christians read "Doa" ("Prayer") and "Isa" ("Jesus") as proof that Anwar had a positive view of Christianity, and Indonesia's Muslims read "Dimesjid" ("At the Mosque") as proof that Anwar "met with Allah in a mosque and fought with Him".