According to one of its founders, M

According to one of its founders, Masuri S.N., as cited by
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Maman, the name ‘ASAS 50’ initially emerged when Sutan Takdir
Alisjahbana (STA) met with a number of Malay writers in Singapore
prior

to the formation of this association. When STA asked one of the members about the name of this would-be association,
the latter said that they were ‘Sasterawan Angkatan 1950’, following
Indonesia’s ‘Angkatan 1945’,
as they were impressed by the Indonesian

revolution and influenced by the works of the ‘Angkatan
1945’ (Li Chuan Siu 1975:23).