Kwee Tek Hoay
| Kwee Tek Hoay | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kwee Tek Hoay 31 July 1886 Bogor, West Java |
| Died | 4 July 1951 (aged 64) Cicurug, Sukabumi, West Java |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Indonesian |
| Nationality | Indonesia |
| Citizenship | Indonesia |
| Genre | Novels, Drama |
| Subject | Literature |
| Notable works | Drama of Krakatoa, Dramatist Digoel |
Kwee Tek Hoay (Chinese: 郭德懷; pinyin: Guō Déhuái; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Tek-hoâi; 31 July 1886 – 4 July 1951) was a Chinese Indonesian Malay-language writer of novels and drama, and a journalist.
Kwee Tek Hoay, the youngest son of Tjiam Kwee Hong and Tan Ay Nio, often played truant during his early school years because he could not understand the language of instruction, Hokkien. He started learning the textile business from his father, and during this period began taking interest in reading books. Kwee began his writing career as a journalist. He served on the editorial board for magazines and newspapers, such as Ho Po Li Po (Bogor), and Sin Po (Batavia, Jakarta). In 1926, Kwee ventured into publishing his own magazine, called "Panorama", but could not sustain it and eventually sold it in 1931 to the jurist, politician and newspaper proprietor, Phoa Liong Gie. His most famous paper on the history and background of the founding association Tiong Hoa Hwee Koan, "The Origins of the Modern Chinese Movement in Indonesia", came out in series from August 1936 to January 1939.
As a journalist Kwee attained much success, but he achieved yet another mark as a novelist and playwright. His first story in drama form that received acclaim was Allah jang Palsoe (Counterfeit God). Published in 1919 the story condemns those people who are driven by money. Another of his works, Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang (The Rose of Tjikembang), was inspired by William Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream". Kwee adapted the story to reflect Indonesian circumstances, but also used the book to open discussion on the issue of the nyai, a concubine often kept by young unmarried men. The novel has been adapted for a play and twice a screenplay, in 1931 and 1975. A recent staging of the play drew many people to see it for the sake of nostalgia.
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