Ismail Marahimin

Ismail Marahimin (23 April 1934 – 26 December 2008) was an Indonesian writer. He was born in Medan, North Sumatra. The novel, described as a tensely drawn story, documents the final days of World War II, and the impact of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies on the people of a small village in Sumatra. In 1987 it was published in English translation, under the title "And the War is Over", by the Lontar Foundation In 2011, the English translation was one of the first ten titles selected for publication as part of the Lontar Foundation's Modern Library of Indonesia series.

He died in Jakarta on 26 December 2008.

Selected list of works

Short stories (Ed.) Jejak Langkah Anak Kampus, Jakarta: Gramedia (22 short stories by students from the Faculty of Literature at the University of Indonesia)

Novels Dan Perang pun Usai (And the War is Over), Jakarta: Pustaka Jaya, 1977