Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies (modern Bogor, West Java, Indonesia)
Died
6 May 1912(1912-05-06) (aged 58)
Batavia, Dutch East Indies (modern Jakarta, Indonesia)
Occupation(s)
Writer, journalist
Years active
1870s–1912
Notable work
Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari
Malajoe Batawi
Tjhit Liap Seng
Style
Realism
Spouses
Oey Pek Nio (1876–1881)
Tan Sioe Nio (1891–his death)
Children
4
Lie Kim Hok (Chinese: 李金福; pinyin: Lǐ Jīnfú; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lì Kim-hok; 1 November 1853 – 6 May 1912) 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 (now Bogor), 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 (poem) 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 (now Jakarta), 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 Hwee 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, and 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.
LieKimHok (Chinese: 李金福; pinyin: Lǐ Jīnfú; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lì Kim-hok; 1 November 1853 – 6 May 1912) was a peranakan Chinese teacher, writer, and social...
also known as Siti Akbari) is an 1884 Malay-language syair (poem) by LieKimHok. Adapted indirectly from the Sjair Abdoel Moeloek, it tells of a woman...
seng), also known as Bintang Toedjoeh in Malay, is an 1886 novel by LieKimHok. It is considered the first Chinese Malay novel. In Canton, a baby girl...
and National Development Planning Minister (2001–2004) of Indonesia LieKimHok: Teacher, writer and a social worker of the Dutch East Indies Liem Swie...
of the Malay language as spoken in Batavia (now Jakarta) written by LieKimHok. The 116-page book, first published in 1884, saw two printings and has...
Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Its founders included former classmates LieKimHok and Phoa Keng Hek Sia, both of whom had been educated at Sierk Coolsma's...
literature. Some of the earliest were syair (poems), published in 1907 by LieKimHok and Tjiang O. S. respectively in 1897; both were adaptations of Tjerita...
translations. It is often adapted to the stage, and was the basis for LieKimHok's Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari. Abdul Muluk is the son of Abdul Hamid Syah...
(1932–1934) and a list of publications. LieKimHok (李金福), teacher and writer who authored Tjhit Liap Seng and Malajoe Batawi. Lie Loan Lian Nio (李來莲娘), 1920s translator...
(translation) Kapten Flamberger (translation by LieKimHok) (1853-1912) Rocambole (translation by LieKimHok) Nyai Dasima by G. Francis (Indonesian) Bunga...
rights were acquired by Albrecht in 1887. Notable contributors included LieKimHok and Tirto Adhi Soerjo. A vernacular Malay press had begun to develop...
and secretary, respectively; the leader of the Chinese Association, LieKimHok, wrote an article entitled "Chinese in 1923, representatives of Confucian...
Hardy's "The Convergence of the Twain". May – Following the death of LieKimHok from typhus in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, aged 58, Lauw Giok Lan takes...
Princess Casamassima Jerome K. Jerome – The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow LieKimHok – Tjhit Liap Seng Vladimir Korolenko – The Blind Musician Pierre Loti...
wrote several novels and biographies, including ones on Tan Sie Tat and LieKimHok. Tio was born in Pasar Baru, Batavia, on 22 June 1890. His father was...
politician, historical novelist and memoirist (died 1926) November 1 – LieKimHok, Dutch East Indian Chinese journalist, novelist, poet and translator...
May 1869, Phoa was in the first class of ten. Among his classmates was LieKimHok, who would later become known as a writer. At this school Phoa studied...
Grossmith, Bertha Jane Grundy, Mir Mosharraf Hossain, Alphonse Lemerre, LieKimHok, Karl May, Gabriel Monod, Giovanni Pascoli, Rafael Pombo, Bolesław Prus...
Castro, En las orillas del Sar, Galician Spanish poet, writing in Spanish LieKimHok, Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari, ethnic Chinese poet, writing in Malay Rabindranath...
during the Song Dynasty Li Yu (李漁; 1611-1680), author and dramatist LieKimHok (李金福; 1853-1912), teacher, writer, and social worker in the Dutch East...
was released in 1940. Possibly inspired by a poem of the same name by LieKimHok, the film featured Roekiah in the title role, portraying a long-suffering...
been the first publisher to do so, and was followed not long after by LieKimHok. His most popular translation was The Travels of Emperor QianLong in...
Quinn, American TV and film actor; in New York City (d. 1994) Died: LieKimHok, 58, Chinese-Malay writer, credited as the "father of Chinese Malay literature"...
(1840-1924) (Looking Back on my Life's Path (1840–1924)) 1928: Pantjawangsa LieKimHok, one of Coolsma's students Phoa Keng Hek Sia, another of Coolsma's students...
Kan Hok Hoei Sia (Chinese: 簡福輝舍; pinyin: Jiǎn Fúhuī Shè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kán Hok-hui Sià; 6 January 1881 - 1 March 1951), generally known as Hok Hoei Kan or...
Akbari is reminiscent of a syair, or traditional Malay poem, written by LieKimHok in 1884; his Sair Tjerita Siti Akbari had previously been adapted for...
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