caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place children style ethnicity birth_date alt notable_works spouse image article_title name occupation death_cause
lie , 1900 6 may 1912 batavia indonesia -rrb- , dutch east indies -lrb- modern jakarta , 1870s -- 1912 buitenzorg west java , indonesia -rrb- , dutch east indies -lrb- modern bogor , 4 realism '' peranakan '' chinese 1 november 1853 a man looking forward black and white photograph of a bald chinese '' '' '' tjhit liap seng '' sair tjerita siti akbari '' '' malajoe batawi oey sioe nio -lrb- 1891 -- his death -rrb- pek nio -lrb- 1876 -- 1881 -rrb- tan lie kim hok infobox.jpg lie kim hok
 lie kim hok writer , journalist typhus
lie kim hok

lie kim hok -lrb- ; 1 november 1853 -- 6 may 1912 -rrb- was a `` peranakan '' chinese teacher , writer , and social worker active in the dutch east indies and styled the `` father of chinese malay literature '' .
born in buitenzorg -lrb- now bogor -rrb- , west java , lie received his formal education in missionary schools and by the 1870s was fluent in sundanese , vernacular malay , and dutch , though he was unable to understand chinese .
in the mid-1870s he married and began working as the editor of two periodicals published by his teacher and mentor d. j. van der linden .
lie left the position in 1880 .
his wife died the following year .
lie published his first books , including the critically acclaimed `` syair '' -lrb- poem -rrb- `` sair tjerita siti akbari '' and grammar book `` malajoe batawi '' , in 1884 .
when van der linden died the following year , lie purchased the printing press and opened his own company .
over the following two years lie published numerous books , including `` tjhit liap seng '' , considered the first chinese malay novel .
he also acquired printing rights for `` pembrita betawi '' , a newspaper based in batavia -lrb- now jakarta -rrb- , and moved to the city .
after selling his printing press in 1887 , the writer spent three years working in various lines of employment until he found stability in 1890 at a rice mill operated by a friend .
the following year he married tan sioe nio , with whom he had four children .
lie published two books in the 1890s and , in 1900 , became a founding member of the chinese organisation tiong hoa hwe koan , which he left in 1904 .
lie focused on his translations and social work for the remainder of his life , until his death from typhus at age 58 .
lie is considered influential to the colony 's journalism , linguistics , and literature .
according to the malaysian scholar ahmad adam , he is best remembered for his literary works .
several of his writings were printed multiple times , and `` sair tjerita siti akbari '' was adapted for the stage and screen .
however , as a result of the language politics in the indies and independent indonesia , his work has become marginalised .
when several of his writings were revealed as uncredited adaptations of existing works , lie was criticised as unoriginal .
other critics , however , have found evidence of innovation in his writing style and handling of plots .
