1958年9月5日印度尼西亞进步文化团体人民文化协会中央書記处发出了有关召开第一屆全国代表大会的公告。大会原定于1958年12月在梭罗举行,后因故改期于1959年1月22日到29日举行。人民文化协会自1950年成立以来对促进印度尼西亞的进步文化事业的发展有很大的貢献。印度尼西亞作家伊拉瑪尼在一篇文章中說,“人民文协受嘲笑和不受人信任的时 September 5, 1958 The Central Secretariat of the People’s Cultural Association, a progressive cultural group in Indonesia, issued a notice on the convening of the first national congress. The conference was originally scheduled to be held in Thoreau in December 1958, and was subsequently rescheduled for the period from January 22 to January 1959, 1959. Since its establishment in 1950, the People’s Cultural Association has made a significant contribution to the promotion of the development of Indonesia’s progressive culture. In an essay, Indonesian writer Elamani said: ”When People’s Association of Literature scoffs and does not trust people