Abdoel Moeis

Abdoel Moeis was born on 3 July 1886 in Sungai Puar, in Agam, in the Minangkabau country. After three years of medical studies in Batavia, cut short by illness, he left the colonial administration for journalism, ran the daily Kaoem Moeda and became one of the leaders of Sarekat Islam, which he represented in the People's Council. A translator of Don Quixote, he died in Bandung on 17 June 1959 and was, that same year, the first Indonesian proclaimed a national hero.

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• NovelNever the TwainSalah AsuhanAbdoel Moeis · 1928Literature