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Tan Sri Zainal Abidin bin Ahmad (Jawi: زين العابدين بن أحمد; 16 September 1895 – 23 October 1973) [1] or better known by the moniker Za'aba (alternatively spelled Za'ba, Jawi: زاءبا), was a Malaysian writer and linguist.
The Indonesian literary critic Zuber Usman contrasts Kalau Tak Untung with the earlier novel Sitti Nurbaya (1923) by Marah Rusli.He notes that both begin in a similar fashion and have the same general pattern, but, unlike Sitti Nurbaya with its background in Minang nobility, Pengaruh Keadaan portrays simple villagers without noble blood. [4]
Ranggawarsita was born in 1802 with the birth name Bagus Burhan. [2] He was son of Mas Pajangswara and grandson of Yasadipura II, a famous poet of Surakarta Sunanate.His father was the offspring of the Kingdom of Pajang, his mother of the Demak Sultanate.