death_place death_date birth_place pseudonym nationality birth_date language article_title occupation
jakarta , indonesia 16 march 2002 ngawi , east java umar kayam indonesia 30 april 1932 indonesian umar kayam
 actor novelist sociologist humanist
umar kayam

umar kayam was an indonesian sociologist and writer born in ngawi , east java , on april 30 , 1932 and died on march 16 , 2002 .
he began his education at `` hollands inlands school '' -lrb- his -rrb- mangkunegoro , surakarta , where his father also taught .
he continued his education at mulo -lrb- meer uitgebreid lager onderwijs -rrb- , then also continued studying language at a high school in yogyakarta until 1951 .
he graduated from the faculty of education at gadjah mada university -lrb- 1955 -rrb- , received a m.a. from university of new york , united states of america -lrb- 1963 -rrb- , and received a ph.d. from cornell university , united states -lrb- 1965 -rrb- .
he was appointed director general of radio , television , and film in the ministry of information , a position which he held until 1969 , when he began to serve as chairman of the jakarta arts council -lrb- 1969-1972 -rrb- .
he served as a director for social studies training centre at the hasanuddin university in makassar -lrb- 1975-1976 -rrb- and as a member of the mprs -lrb- people 's consultative assembly -rrb- .
he was a lecturer at the university of indonesia and a senior fellow at the east-west centre in honolulu , hawaii , united states -lrb- 1973 -rrb- .
he was a chairman of the national film council , a senior professor in the faculty of letters at the gadjah mada university and an emeritus professor at that same university until his death .
a member of the advisory board of horizon -lrb- magazine -rrb- , chairman of the jakarta arts institute and a member of the jakarta academy , a lifetime position since his appointment in 1988 .
umar kayam was a trailblazer in many aspects of his life .
when he was a student at gadjah mada university , he was known as one of the pioneers who established the campus theater .
when he was the general director of radio and television , he was known as the man who made the indonesian film industry vibrant .
as the chairman of the jakarta arts council -lrb- 1969-1972 -rrb- , he was known for conducting meetings that addressed modern art and traditional art forms .
he developed a sociological study of the literature , introduced the '' grounded '' cultural approaches to social research , providing inspiration for the emergence of new creative art works in the fields of literature , art , and art performances , art market set up on campus , among other things .
he was also the author of many short stories and novels , of which some collections are available in english .
in 1987 he won the s.e.a. write award .
he was the author of many books of different styles and genre , including short stories , essays , novels , and children 's stories , and through his literary career umar kayam gained a much deserved national reputation as the voice of the common man .
