andrea hirata who was born on October 24, is the author of the famous LASKAR PELANGI tetralogy. the tetralogy consists of Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warriors), Sang Pemimpi (The Dreamer), Edensor, and Maryamah Karpov. he received his bachelor's degree in Economics at the University of Indonesia. having received a scholarship from the European Union, he later earned a master's degree in Economic Theory at both Universite de Paris, France, and Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.
for the beginning, andrea wrote about his childhood to overcome his bitter feelings about the past. his early intention was to share his manuscript with his childhood friends who had been in the same boat. however, andrea revealed that a friend in Bandung who read the manuscript urged him to send it to a publisher. and finally when his novel came out, it brought a breath of fresh air into the Indonesian literary world.
the book are actually semi-autobiographic. living with a lack of almost everything was traumatic, especially for a child, he once said. he also said, "It's a real struggle to go back in time to growing up in a poor neighborhood in Belitung, where next to our place was a giant state mining company that had all the luxuries in the world to offer its staff and their families."
for the beginning, andrea wrote about his childhood to overcome his bitter feelings about the past. his early intention was to share his manuscript with his childhood friends who had been in the same boat. however, andrea revealed that a friend in Bandung who read the manuscript urged him to send it to a publisher. and finally when his novel came out, it brought a breath of fresh air into the Indonesian literary world.
the book are actually semi-autobiographic. living with a lack of almost everything was traumatic, especially for a child, he once said. he also said, "It's a real struggle to go back in time to growing up in a poor neighborhood in Belitung, where next to our place was a giant state mining company that had all the luxuries in the world to offer its staff and their families."
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