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Talent Rendra literature has begun to look when he sat on the bench SMP. At that time he has started showing its ability to write poems, short stories and drama for various school activities. Not only write, he also appeared on the stage piawai. He dramanya some stage, and appear mainly as a reader of poetry is very talented.

He petama times puisinya publish in the mass media in the year 1952 through the magazine's investigation. After that, the poetry-puisinya also flows smoothly caparison various magazines at the time, such as Acts, Arts, Basis, confrontation, and new tactics. This is continued as seen in magazines in the next decade, especially the magazine years and an 60-year 70-an.

"False Pool" is a drama first, dipentaskan while he was in junior high, and "The Road junction in People" is the first drama that got the award and first prize from the Office of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Yogyakarta. At that time he has sat in the high school. Awards that make them very enthusiastic to work. Prof. A. Teeuw, in his book Modern Indonesian Literature II (1989), holds that in the literary history of modern Indonesia Rendra not included in one of the forces or groups, such as Force 45, Force 60's, or Force 70's. From his works that he has the personality and the freedom of their own.

Rendra works not only famous in the country, but also abroad. Many works have been translated into foreign languages, including English, Dutch, German, Japan and India.

He was also active following the festival-the festival abroad, including the Rotterdam International Poetry Festival (1971 and 1979), The Valmiki International Poetry Festival, New Delhi (1985), Berliner Horizonte Festival, Berlin (1985), The First New York Festival of the Arts (1988), Spoleto Festival, Melbourne, Vagarth World Poetry Festival, Bhopal (1989), World Poetry Festival, Kuala Lumpur (1992), and the Tokyo Festival (199