Saut Poltak Tambunan

Saut Poltak Tambunan is a celebrated Indonesian writer known for his poetry, short stories, novels, screenplays, and literary essays. Several of his novels have been adapted to the screen in films and soap operas. After participating in the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012, he began pioneering Batak writing and became the first recipient of the Rancage Literary Award for Batak Literature in 2015 and 2017. In 2020, he was awarded for being a Regional Language Preservation Figure by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.

Saut Poltak Tambunan adalah seorang penulis Indonesia yang dikenal akan puisi-puisi, cerita pendek, novel, naskah layar lebar dan esai sastrawi yang telah ia tulis. Beberapa dari novelnya telah disadur ke layar: baik layar lebar maupun sinetron. Setelah turut serta dalam Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012, ia mulai merintis proyek penulisan mengenai budaya Batak dan menjadi penerima pertama Rancage Literary Award untuk Sastra Batak pada 2015 dan 2017. Pada 2020, ia diganjar penghargaan sebagai Tokoh yang Melestarikan Bahasa Daerah oleh Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.