title: Muhammad Kasim
text: # Muhammad Kasim
  
  Muhammad Kasim (born 1886) was an elementary school teacher and writer in the Dutch East Indies who published several books. His short story collection Teman Doedoek is considered the first short story collection in the Indonesian literary canon.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Kasim was born in Muara Sipongi, North Sumatra, in 1886.
  
  