Mikael Johani

Mikael Johani’s latest book of poetry, Mongrel Kampung, is published by Ugly Duckling Presse. His poems, translations, and essays were published in other people’s windows: new writing across the Asia-Pacific, to let the light in, Poems by Sunday, The Poetry Project Newsletter, The Book of Jakarta, #UntitledThree, On Relationships, Asymptote, The Johannesburg Review of Books, AJAR, Vice, Kerja Tangan, Popteori, and others. He was a writer-in-residence in the Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange (WrICE) programme in 2022. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he organises the monthly spoken word night Paviliun Puisi.

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Pendidikan akhir Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Dri-yarkara (tidak selesai).
Buku yang pernah terbit:

1. Abad Yang Berlari, 1984 (mendapat penghargaan Hadiah Buku Sastra Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, 1984)
2. Yang Berdiam Dalam Mikropon, 1990;
3. Arsitektur Hujan, 1995 (mendapat penghargaan dari Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebu-dayaan RI, 1996).
4. Biography of Reading, 1995.
5. Kalung dari Teman
6. Museum Penghancur Dokumen, 2013

Karya yang terbit dalam antologi bersama:

1. Perdebatan Sastra Kontekstual (Ariel Heryanto, 1986);
2. Tonggak Puisi Indonesia Modern 4 (Linus Suryadi, 1987);
3. Cerpen-cerpen Nusantara Mutakhir (Suratman Markasan, Kuala Lumpur, 1991);
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