Supratman was born on 9th March 1903. When he was seven years old his father sent him to Budi Utomo elementary school, where he provided to be the brightest students. In 1912, his mother died. Two years later he joined his sister in Ujung Pandang. His sister added Wage Rudolf to his name, so it became Wage Rudolf Supratman. She did this to enable her send him to Dutch elementary school.
Completing his elementary school, he continued his study at the Teacher Training School. He Graduated in 1920 and became a teacher. He resigned as a teacher in 1923 and worked in lawyer’s office for a year. Then he went to Bandung, where he worked as a journalist. He married in 1926, but ten years later they divorced because they had no children.
Beside a journalist he was also a musician, who composed Indonesia Raya, the Indonesia’s National Anthem. The anthem was played for the first time by the composer himself at the second “Indonesian Youth Congress
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