Leon Agusta (August 5, 1938 – December 10, 2015) was an Indonesian literary figure.
He was born in Sigiran, Nagari Tanjung Sani Maninjau, West Sumatra on August 5, 1938.
He was a teacher at SGB Bengkalis (1959), the leader of Bengkel Teater Padang (1972) and a member of the Jakarta Arts Council. He participated in the International Writing Program at Iowa University in the United States (1976–1977) and then published a collection of poetry titled Di Sudut-sudut New York Itu (1977), some of which was translated into English.On Foreign Shores: American Images in Indonesian Poetry. Editor and translator John H. McGlynn. Lontar Foundation, 1990, Jakarta.
He died in Padang, West Sumatra, on December 10, 2015.
In 2017 he was the subject of a 90-minute documentary.
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