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About Sutardji Calzoum Bachri
- Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, known as Tardji, (born 1941 in Rengat, Riau) is a well-known Indonesian poet.
- A native Malay speaker, he successfully launched a credo of 'freeing words of their meanings'.He was nicknamed the "bottle poet" for a preference, early in his career, for accompanying readings of his work with bottles of alcohol.
- He was also known once as 'The President of Indonesian Poets' His style of reading has been compared to the incantation-like quality of the old Indonesian dukun, chants stemming from Indonesian pre-Islamic shamanistic practice, still used today.The style of Tardji's poetry has been described as that of a mantra.
- He has been quoted as saying that the mantra is the true use of words.
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