Djenar Maesa Ayu
Djenar Maesa Ayu started her writings on many national newspapers. Her first book "Mereka Bilang Saya Monyet!" has been reprinted more than 8 times and shortlisted on Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2003.
Her short story “Waktu Nayla” awarded the best Short Story by Kompas in 2003, while “Menyusu Ayah” become The Best Short Story by Jurnal Perempuan and translated to English by Richard Oh with title “Suckling Father”.
Her second book "Jangan Main-main (dengan Kelaminmu)" was launch February 2005 and also received great success. The amazing part is this book reprinted two days after the launching.
Other books by Djenar:
* Nayla
* Cerita Pendek Tentang Cerita Cinta Pendek
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Her work, Surat Panjang tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya (A Long Letter of Our Million Light-Years Distance) was published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2013 after winning the 2012 Jakarta Art Council Novel Contest, which later short-listed as the 2013 Khatulistiwa Literary Award. In 2016, A Copy of My Mind, a film-to-novel adaptation, published by Grasindo. Still at the same publisher, in 2017, her first collection of short stories, Elegi (The Elegy), was published. Her writings have been published in various respected outlets, in pindai.org, asymptotejournal.com -
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Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي) was born in 1931, in a small village outside Cairo. Unusually, she and her brothers and sisters were educated together, and she graduated from the University of Cairo Medical School in 1955, specializing in psychiatry. For two years, she practiced as a medical doctor, both at the university and in her native Tahla.
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From 1963 until 1972, Saadawi worked as Director General for Public Health Education for the Egyptian government. During this time, she also studied at Columbia University in New York, where she received her Master of Public Health degree in 1966. Her first novel Memoirs of a Woman Doctor was published in Cairo in 1958. In 1972, however, she lost her job in the Egyptian government as a resu -
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* Kranji-Bekasi Jatuh (1947)
* Perburuan (The Fugitive) (1950)
* Keluarga Gerilya (1950)
* Bukan Pasarmalam (1951)
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Laksmi Pamuntjak
Laksmi Pamuntjak is a bilingual Indonesian novelist, poet, food writer, journalist and co-founder of Aksara Bookstore. She works as an art and food consultant and writes for numerous local and international publications including opinion articles for the Guardian.
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She is the author of two collections of poetry (one of which, Ellipsis, appeared in the 2005 Herald UK Books of the Year pages); a treatise on the relationship between man and violence based on the Iliad; a collection of short stories based on paintings; five editions of the best-selling and award-winning Jakarta Good Food Guide; two translations of the works of Indonesian poet and essayist Goenawan Mohamad; and two bestselling novels.
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Keigo Higashino
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* Keigo Higashino
* 東野 圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)
Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.
Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.
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Dee Lestari
Dee Lestari, is one of the bestselling and critically acclaimed writers in Indonesia.
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Born in January 20, 1976, she began her debut with a serial novel: Supernova in 2001. Supernova’s first episode, Kesatria, Putri, dan Bintang Jatuh (The Knight, The Princess, and The Falling Star), was sold phenomenally, achieving a cult status among Indonesian young readers. She has published four other episodes: Akar (The Root), Petir (The Lightning), Partikel(The Particle), and Gelombang (The Wave).
Aside of the Supernova series, Dee has also published a novel titled Perahu Kertas (Paper Boat), and three anthologies: Filosofi Kopi (Coffee’s Philosophy), Madre, and Rectoverso — a unique hybrid of music and literature.
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Eka Kurniawan
Eka Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya in 1975 and completed his studies in the Faculty of Philosophy at Gadjah Mada University. He has been described as the “brightest meteorite” in Indonesia’s new literary firmament, the author of two remarkable novels which have brought comparisons to Salman Rushdie, Gabriel García Márquez and Mark Twain; the English translations of these novels were both published in 2015—Man Tiger by Verso Books, and Beauty is a Wound by New Directions in North America and Text Publishing in Australia. Kurniawan has also written movie scripts, a graphic novel, essays on literature and two collections of short stories. He currently resides in Jakarta.
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Ayu Utami
Justina Ayu Utami atau hanya Ayu Utami (lahir di Bogor, Jawa Barat, 21 November 1968) adalah aktivis jurnalis dan novelis Indonesia, ia besar di Jakarta dan menamatkan kuliah di Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia.
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Ia pernah menjadi wartawan di majalah Humor, Matra, Forum Keadilan, dan D&R. Tak lama setelah penutupan Tempo, Editor dan Detik pada masa Orde Baru, ia ikut mendirikan Aliansi Jurnalis Independen yang memprotes pembredelan. Kini ia bekerja di jurnal kebudayaan Kalam dan di Teater Utan Kayu. Novelnya yang pertama, Saman, mendapatkan sambutan dari berbagai kritikus dan dianggap memberikan warna baru dalam sastra Indonesia.
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Joko Pinurbo
Joko Pinurbo (jokpin) lahir 11 Mei 1962. Lulus dari Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia IKIP Sanata Dharma Yogyakarta (1987). Kemudian mengajar di alma maternya. Sejak 1992 bekerja di Kelompok Gramedia. Gemar mengarang puisi sejak di Sekolah Menengah Atas. Buku kumpulan puisi pertamanya, Celana (1999), memperoleh Hadiah Sastra Lontar 2001; buku puisi ini kemudian terbit dalam bahasa Inggris dengan judul Trouser Doll (2002). Ia juga menerima Sih Award 2001 untuk puisi Celana 1-Celana 2-Celana 3. Buku puisinya Di Bawah Kibaran Sarung (2001) mendapat Penghargaan Sastra Pusat Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan Nasional 2002. Sebelumnya ia dinyatakan sebagai Tokoh Sastra Pilihan Tempo 2001. Tahun 2005 ia menerima Khatulistiwa Literary Award
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Ahmad Tohari
Ahmad Tohari is Indonesia well-knowned writer who can picture a typical village scenery very well in his writings. He has been everywhere, writings for magazines. He attended Fellowship International Writers Program at Iowa, United State on 1990 and received Southeast Asian Writers Award on 1995.
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His famous works are trilogy of Srintil, a traditional dancer (ronggeng) of Paruk Village: "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk", "Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari", and "Jantera Bianglala"
On 2007, he releases again "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk" in Java-Banyumasan language which is claimed to be the first novel using Java-Banyumasan. Toward his effort, he receives Rancage Award 2007. The book is only printed 1,500 editions and sold out directly in the book launch.
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Y.B. Mangunwijaya
Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya was an architect, writer, Catholic priest, and activist. Romo Mangun (Father Mangun) was publicly known by his novel "Burung-Burung Manyar" which was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for South-East Asia Writings on 1996.
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Not only active in the fiction genre, Romo Mangun also wrote many non-fiction and architectural works such as "Sastra dan Religiositas" [tr.: Literature and Religiosity] which won The Best Non-Fiction prize in 1982.
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* Balada Becak, novel, 1985
* Balada dara-dara Mendut, novel, 1993
* Burung-Burung Rantau, novel, 1992
* Burung-Burung Manyar, novel, 1981
* Di Bawah Bayang-Bayang Adikuasa, 1987
* Durga Umayi, novel, 1985
* Esei-esei orang Republik, 1987
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Leila S. Chudori
Leila Salikha Chudori adalah penulis Indonesia yang menghasilkan berbagai karya cerita pendek, novel, dan skenario drama televisi.Leila S. Chudori bercerita tentang kejujuran, keyakinan, dan tekad, prinsip dan pengorbanan. Mendapat pengaruh dari bacaan-bacaan dari buku-buku yang disebutnya dalam cerpen-cerpennya yang kita ketahui dari riwayat hidupnya ialah Franz Kafka, pengarang Jerman yang mempertanyakan eksistensi manusia, Dostoyewsky pengarang klasik Rusia yang menggerek jauk ke dalam jiwa manusia. D.H Lawrence pengarang Inggris yang memperjuangkan kebebasan mutlak nurani manusia, pengarang Irlandia James Joyce, yang terkenal dengan romannya Ullysses. Suatu pelaksanaan proses kreatif Stream of Consciousnes, Herman Jesse, Freud, Erich Fr
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Intan Paramaditha
Intan Paramaditha menulis buku Sihir Perempuan, kumpulan cerita pendek yang masuk lima besar Khatulistiwa Literary Award pada tahun 2005; Kumpulan Budak Setan (2010), sebuah tribut untuk penulis horor Abdullah Harahap yang ditulis bersama Eka Kurniawan dan Ugoran Prasad; naskah drama Goyang Penasaran (Intan Paramaditha & Naomi Srikandi, ed, KPG 2013), diadaptasi dari cerpennya dan dipentaskan oleh Teater Garasi di Yogyakarta dan Teater Salihara, Jakarta. Ia mendapat penghargaan sebagai cerpenis terbaik Kompas 2013 lewat cerpen "Klub Solidaritas Suami Hilang." Pada tahun 2017 ia menerbitkan Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu, novel dengan alur beragam yang terpilih sebagai karya sastra bidang prosa terbaik pilihan Tempo 20
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Zaky Yamani
Zaky Yamani was born in Bandung City, July 27th 1978. He worked as a journalist and editor for the Pikiran Rakyat daily from 2002 until 2016. He graduated with an MA in Journalism from Ateneo de Manila University assisted by a scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (2006 - 2008). Zaky also writes fiction, in the form of novels and short-stories.
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Books published include Johnny Mushroom and Other Stories (2011), Thirst in the Water Field (2012), Coffee-bitter Comedy (2013), Bandar: Family, Blood, and Inherited Sins (2014), and Running Amok (2016). All of his books were written in Indonesian language
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Maman Suherman
Maman Suherman lahir di Makassar, 10 November 1965. Menempuh beragam pendidikan, namun hanya lulus dari Jurusan Kriminologi, FISIP - UI. Bertumbuh sebagai penulis selama 15 tahun (1998-2003), dari reporter hingga menjadi pemimpin redaksi di Kelompok Kompas Gramedia. Ia pernah juga menjadi Direktur Produksi hingga Managing Director (2003-2011) di Biro Iklan & Rumah Produksi Avicom.
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Penggagas Panasonic Gobel Awards ini memutuskan untuk tidak berkantor lagi, dan kini menjadi "pemulung kata-kata". Sempat menjadi presenter untuk acara di KompasTV, kini ia menjadi konsultan kreatif dan No Tulen acara 'Indonesia Lawak Club' di Trans7.
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Abi Ardianda
Known for 'Kelab dalam Swalayan’ (Night Club in the Convenience Store), which was named one of the top five reads by Indonesian authors by The Jakarta Post in 2021. This debut novel also won Best Debut Novel and Best Psychological Thriller at the Scarlet Pen Awards in 2021. Her second novel, 'Laila Tak Pulang’ (Laila Doesn’t Come Home), was a finalist for the Ayu Utami Awards RASA in 2023. The novel was also awarded Best Novel and Best Mystery Novel of 2023 by the Scarlet Pen Awards. Her books have been featured at the Makassar International Writers Festival 2024 and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2024. She resides in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.
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Amalia Yunus
Amalia Yunus lahir di Bangil, Pasuruan, dan saat ini tinggal di Bratislava, Slovakia. Ia meraih juara II Sayembara Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 2021 untuk naskahnya yang berjudul "Berat", yang kemudian diterbitkan dengan judul "Bagaimana Cara Mengurangi Berat Badan". Novel lain yang pernah ditulisnya adalah "Tutur Dedes: Doa dan Kutukan". Naskah dongeng berlatar sejarah Nusantara ini memperoleh penghargaan Pilihan Dewan Juri pada ajang Kelompok Penerbit Renjana Indonesia (patjarmerah) Mencari Naskah (2020).
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Amalia Yunus menamatkan studi di Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Indonesia dan Intercultural Communication and European Studies di University of Applied Sciences Fulda di Jerman. Semasa kuliah ia bekerja lepas sebagai penerjemah, penyuntin