Sitti Nurbaya: Kasih Tak Sampai (Sitti Nurbaya: Unrealized Love, often abbreviated Sitti Nurbaya or Siti Nurbaya; original spelling Sitti Noerbaja) is an Indonesian novel by Marah Rusli. It was published by Balai Pustaka, the state-owned publisher and literary bureau of the Dutch East Indies, in 1922. The author was influenced by the cultures of the west Sumatran Minangkabau and the Dutch colonials, who had controlled Indonesia in various forms since the 17th century. Another influence may have been a negative experience within the author's family; after he had chosen a Sundanese woman to be his wife, Rusli's family brought him back to Padang and forced him to marry a Minangkabau woman chosen for him.
Sitti Nurbaya tells the story of two teenage lovers, Samsul Bahri and Sitti Nurbaya, who wish to be together but are separated after Samsul bahri is forced to go to Batavia. Not long afterwards, Nurbaya unhappily offers herself to marry the abusive and rich Datuk Meringgih as a way for her father to escape debt; she is later killed by Meringgih. It ends with Samsulbahri, now a member of the Dutch colonial army, killing Datuk Meringgih during an uprising and then dying from his wounds.
Written in formal Malay and including traditional Minangkabau storytelling techniques such as pantuns, Sitti Nurbaya touches on the themes of colonialism, forced marriage, and modernity. Well-received upon publication, Sitti Nurbaya continues to be taught in Indonesian high schools. It has been compared to Romeo and Juliet and the Butterfly Lovers.
Indonesian authors from the Balai Pustaka period. He is famous for his novel SittiNurbaya, which tells the story of a teenage girl who was forced to marry a man...
publisher of major pieces of Indonesian literature such as Salah Asuhan, SittiNurbaya and Layar Terkembang. Its head office is in Jakarta. Founded in 1917...
been released previously, including an adaptation of Marah Roesli's SittiNurbaya by Lie Tek Swie in 1941. Anak Perawan di Sarang Penjamun was produced...
2013. Retrieved 26 July 2012. "SittiNurbaya Versi Baru akan di Tayangkan di Trans TV" [The New Version of SittiNurbaya will be Broadcast on Trans TV]...
Supporting role SCTV 2003–2004 Kisah Adinda Olga Lead role RCTI 2004 SittiNurbayaSittiNurbaya Lead role Trans TV 2004–2006 Bawang Merah Bawang Putih Siska/Bawang...
Meringgih in Dedi Setiadi's serial adaptation of Marah Roesli's novel SittiNurbaya (1922). Although he first considered not taking the role, after the...
mainly in Indonesian. Some of the classic Indonesian stories include SittiNurbaya by Marah Rusli, Azab dan Sengsara by Merari Siregar, and Sengsara Membawa...
and Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah by Hamka, Salah Asuhan by Abdul Muis, SittiNurbaya by Marah Roesli, and Robohnya Surau Kami by Ali Akbar Navis. The Minangkabau...
Pranadjaya's Bina Vokalia School in 1983. She made her breakout role as SittiNurbaya, on the television series of the same name in 1992. In the same year...
novel SittiNurbaya (1923) by Marah Rusli. He notes that both begin in a similar fashion and have the same general pattern, but, unlike SittiNurbaya with...
Roesli was a grandson of Marah Roesli, an author known for his novel SittiNurbaya (Wrong Upbringing). He married Kania Perdani Handiman in 1980; together...
screenplays for soap operas, adapted from Indonesian novels, such as SittiNurbaya, Salah Asuhan, and Sengsara Membawa Nikmat. Sani died on 11 January...
indigenous peoples who is his father's family. A novel by Marah Rusli, SittiNurbaya and Salah Asuhan Abdul Muis tells the story of the Minang nomads. In...
belongs to his fellow Minangkabau, Marah Roesli, author of the novel SittiNurbaya which also appeared in 1922. Rusli's work enjoyed years of great popularity...
Gadis Priangan (1931) Cinta dan Hawa Nafsu Marah Roesli (1889-1968) SittiNurbaya (1922) La Hami (1924) Anak dan Kemenakan (1956) Muhammad Yamin (1903-1962)...
Dua Sisi Mata Uang 2002 Bidadari 2 Ira 2004 Hikmah Jessy 2004–2005 SittiNurbaya Mila 2004–2006 Bawang Merah Bawang Putih Rika Sumanto 2005 Hidayah Inem...
radical activism", but unrivaled in its imagination when compared to SittiNurbaya (1922; Marah Rusli), Salah Asuhan (Wrong Upbringing; 1927; Abdoel Moeis)...
Opera were adaptations of Melati van Agam, a 1923 work by Swan Pen, and SittiNurbaya, a 1922 novel by Marah Roesli. These works were well received. In the...
Literary Prize from the government of Indonesia, along with Marah Rusli's SittiNurbaya (1922), Salah Asuhan, and Achdiat Karta Mihardja's Atheis (Atheist;...
opposed to earlier works published by Balai Pustaka such as Marah Rusli's SittiNurbaya (1922), which emphasized regional cultural values, prose published in...
others, including Dutch critic A. Teeuw and writer A. H. Johns, consider SittiNurbaya to be the first true Indonesian novel. M. Balfas notes that Azab dan...
unable to be together. He notes that, in contrast to earlier novels like SittiNurbaya (1923) by Marah Rusli, Sariamin's works did not center around rich children...
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