Lie Sim Djwe

Lie Sim Djwe, who also published under the name Lie Sien Djioe, was a Chinese Indonesian writer, journalist, and translator active in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia from the 1910s until the 1950s. His major contribution was the translation of Chinese-language novels into Malay.

Biography Little is known about Lie's early life, although he was probably born in Java or Sumatra around the turn of the twentieth century. Although he published in some Padang, West Sumatra publications throughout his life, he also regularly worked and published in Surabaya (specifically Gresik Regency), and so he most likely lived there.

In 1915, Lie started contributing translations of Chinese novels to , a Padang-based publication. He continued to translate and publish steadily for the next few decades; he was especially interested in historical novels (Wuxia, cloak-and-dagger) which were going out of fashion at around this time, as well as short stories with contemporary plots relating to heroic figures of the 1911 Revolution and its aftermath. He was also editor-in-chief of the paper in Grissee in the early 1920s. During that time he also worked at a bookstore and published named Pek & Co., which published some of his books.

In 1930 he became editor of , a literary magazine from Pare in East Java. (1922, published by Pek Co. in Surabaya, probably a Chinese translated work) (1931, serialized in ) (1933, 6 volumes, translation of Chinese novel "The Pavilion for Contemplating the Moon") (1933) (1933, translation of a Chinese novel printed in Jombang) (1950, printed in (date unknown, a novel printed in Surabaya)