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Akhmad Bassah (
flourished 1923–1930), known by his pen name Joehana, was an author from the
Dutch East Indies who wrote stories, articles, and several novels in
Sundanese. He was also a productive translator, dramatist, and reporter, and operated a company which offered writing services. He worked for a time on the railroad before becoming an author by 1923. His strong interest in social welfare is evident in his novels. He has been classified as a
realist owing to his use of the names of actual locations and products in his works, as well as the predominantly vernacular Sundanese in his novels, but influences from traditional theatrical forms such as
wayang and literature such as
pantun are also evident. Joehana's works cover a wide range of themes, especially
social criticism and modernization. Although his writings were adapted to the stage and film, they received little academic attention until the 1960s, and critical consensus since then has been negative. Two of his works have been republished since the 1960s, and stage productions of his novel Rasiah nu Goreng Patut continued into the 1980s. (
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From today's featured article
Akhmad Bassah (
flourished 1923–1930), known by his pen name Joehana, was an author from the
Dutch East Indies who wrote stories, articles, and several novels in
Sundanese. He was also a productive translator, dramatist, and reporter, and operated a company which offered writing services. He worked for a time on the railroad before becoming an author by 1923. His strong interest in social welfare is evident in his novels. He has been classified as a
realist owing to his use of the names of actual locations and products in his works, as well as the predominantly vernacular Sundanese in his novels, but influences from traditional theatrical forms such as
wayang and literature such as
pantun are also evident. Joehana's works cover a wide range of themes, especially
social criticism and modernization. Although his writings were adapted to the stage and film, they received little academic attention until the 1960s, and critical consensus since then has been negative. Two of his works have been republished since the 1960s, and stage productions of his novel Rasiah nu Goreng Patut continued into the 1980s. (
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The Charmed literary franchise is a series of novels and short stories based on the eponymous television show, which aired from 1998 to 2006. The franchise consists of forty-four novels and eleven short stories released in two anthologies, with ten guide books. Scholarly essay collections on the show were also published. Writers of the novels had to obtain approval from Paramount Pictures or CBS Consumer Products to ensure that they followed the canon established for the television series. A majority of the novels are original stories revolving around the Charmed Ones and their allies, while some were novelizations of episodes. Between 1999 and 2008, forty-one novels were published by Simon & Schuster and were set roughly during the same period as the events of the television series. HarperCollins published a second series of novels starting in 2015, and these narratives primarily occur during the same time period as the comic book series. ( Full list...)
Gorakhpur Junction railway station, located in the city of Gorakhpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, is a railway station that serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern Railway. In 2013, Gorakhpur became the world's longest railway platform, with a stretch of around 1.34 kilometres (0.84 mi), after the inauguration of the remodelled Gorakhpur Yard. Photograph: Benison P Baby
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