page_title: Amir Hamzah bibliography
section_title: Translated poems
hierarchical_section_title: Amir Hamzah bibliography / Translated poems
context_page_description: Indonesian author Amir Hamzah wrote 50 poems, 18 pieces of lyrical prose, 12 articles, 4 short stories, 3 poetry collections, and 1 book. He also translated 44 poems, 1 piece of lyrical prose, and 1 book. The majority of Amir's original poems are included in his collections Njanji Soenji and Boeah Rindoe, both first published in the literary magazine Poedjangga Baroe. His translated poems were collected in Setanggi Timoer. In 1962 documentarian HB Jassin compiled all of Amir's remaining works – except the book Sastera Melajoe Lama dan Radja-Radja'nja – as Amir Hamzah: Radja Penjair Pudjangga Baru.
  Born in Langkat to Malay nobility, Amir completed his education at schools run by the Dutch colonial government in several cities on Sumatra and Java. By 1928 he had enrolled in a Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs in the colonial capital of Batavia; he wrote his first poems during this period. His first published works, poems entitled "Maboek..." and "Soenji", appeared in the March 1932 issue of the magazine Timboel; by the end of the year he had published his first short stories and lyrical prose, some in Timboel and some in the magazine Pandji Poestaka.
caption: Hamzah translated a poem by Japanese poet Fukuda Chiyo-ni, known for her haikus.
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