Poet Taufiq Ismail notes that most protests against the prosecution's actions were for their motion to ban Sastra, a reputable and respected publication, which does not indicate that "Langit Makin Mendung" was being supported.
Taufiq Ismail, one of the signatories of the Manifesto Kebudayaan and a fierce critic of Lekra, is described by literary scholar Michael Bodden as having used a "highly dubious interpretation" of a Lekra member's poetry to prove that Lekra had pre-knowledge of the 30 September Movement, an attempt to overthrow Sukarno's government.
He then attended High School in Pekalongan, Central Java, and then Whitefish Bay High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a scholarship from American Field Service International.
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His reading hobby was more and more satisfied, when Taufiq became the librarian in Pelajar Islam Indonesia Pekalongan's library, where he read the works of Chairil Anwar, William Saroyan, and Karl May, besides books about history, politics, and religion.
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