Hotel Imperium Bandung - Sapardi Djoko Damono Indonesia is a complete literary figure. He was a poet, literary observer, and educators who persevere-even-campus had become a bureaucrat. More interestingly, until the age of 70 years, this man is still active at work.
As a poet, Sapardi better known through a patterned poetry lyrical. His poetry is considered to represent the management of deep thoughts and feelings. Diksinya simple, but sharp; complicated at the same time subtle.
Until now, such works continue to born from her. "I kept writing. When not writing, it looks like there is something missing. Practical every day in front of my computer, just not-tuk, tuk-no demonstrate people ...," he said, typing.
We chatted casually in a modest house in the Housing Complex Lecturer, University of Indonesia (UI) in Cirendeu, Ciputat, South Tangerang, mid-November. That evening drizzle. Setu Gintung moist air from behind his house every now and then sneak in through the window.
The artist looked fresh and vibrant. Understandably, not many writers are blessed with long life and still have great energy to work. He had undergone cataract surgery in eyes some time ago, but has now been recovered.
Every day this man used to get up at dawn. After breakfast, often with a cook himself, he drank coffee. If there is a schedule of teaching, such as in the UI or the Jakarta Arts Institute, he immediately went to the campus. If not, he often chose to stay at home.
"I made a poem, sometimes writing a story, or translate texts of English literature," he said. Sapardi show last poem, poem in Nine Parts, which appeared in Kompas, the previous week. For him, writing is a job that do not know pension.
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