Herson Gubertus Gerson Poyk (1931-06-16) 16 June 1931 (age 93) Namodele, Rote Island
Died
24 February 2017(2017-02-24) (aged 85) Depok
Occupation
writer, journalist
Language
Indonesian
Nationality
Indonesian
Citizenship
Indonesia
Genre
novel, short stories
Years active
since 1950s
Notable awards
Journalistic Prize of Adinegoro (1965, 1966, 1985, 1986); S.E.A. Write Award (1989); Newspaper Kompas Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) for achievements in literature (1997); Indonesian Government Culture Award (2011); Prize of the Academy of the Province of Nusatenggara Timur (2012)
Spouse
Agustin Antuaneta Saba
Children
Fanny J. Poyk
Gerson Poyk (June 16, 1931 – February 24, 2017) was an Indonesian writer and journalist, representative of the "Generation-66". Full name Herson Gubertus Gerson Poyk. Among friends he was known as "Pak Bea" (Sir Bea) or "Oom Bea" (Uncle Bea).
GersonPoyk (June 16, 1931 – February 24, 2017) was an Indonesian writer and journalist, representative of the "Generation-66". Full name Herson Gubertus...
to E. Ulrich Kratz, Linus Suryadi AG, along with Ahmad Tohari, Aspar, GersonPoyk, Korrie Layun Rampan, Umar Kayam and Wildan Yatim are Indonesian authors...
in the late 1960s by other senior authors such as Mochtar Lubis and GersonPoyk. He continued to write later during the New Order era, although not as...
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