5 7 ; ▁and ▁philosophy ▁in ▁Paris ▁with ▁Prof . ▁Jean ▁Wahl ▁at ▁the ▁Sor bon ne ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁▁ ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁teacher ▁in ▁Sur ab aya , ▁also ▁serving ▁as ▁editor ▁of ▁S ias at ▁( Strategy ) ▁magazine , ▁and ▁the ▁W arta ▁Har ian ▁( D aily ▁News ) ▁( 1 9 6 6 – 1 9 7 0 ). ▁His ▁first ▁writ ings ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁S ias at ▁and ▁M im bar ▁Indones ia ▁( Ind ones ian ▁P ulp it ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁he ▁won ▁second ▁prize ▁from ▁S ast ra ▁( Liter ature ) ▁magazine ▁for ▁his ▁ess ay ▁" K eb eb as an ▁P eng ar ang ▁dan ▁Mas al ah ▁Tan ah ▁Air " ▁( W rit ers ' ▁Fre edom ▁and ▁the ▁Problem s ▁of ▁the ▁Mother land ). ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁early ▁works ▁were ▁short ▁stories , ▁po ems ▁and ▁plays . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁his ▁first ▁novel , ▁Z iar ah ▁( The ▁Pil gr im ) ▁in ▁a ▁month ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ; ▁the ▁novel ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Indones ia ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁first ▁A SE AN ▁Liter ary ▁Award ▁for ▁the ▁Nov el ▁in ▁Bang k ok ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁He ▁wrote ▁two ▁nov els ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁Mer ah ny a ▁Mer ah ▁(