Nirwan Dewanto

Nirwan Dewanto (born 28 September 1961) is an Indonesian poet and cultural critic. He is also known for his depiction of Albertus Soegijapranata in the 2012 biopic Soegija.

Dewanto was born in Surabaya, East Java, on 28 September 1961. While still in senior high school he was already writing poetry; the poems were published in local magazines such as Kuncung and Kartini. Dewanto did his university studies at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java, from 1980 to 1987, where he received a degree in geology. He then moved to Jakarta.

In 1991 Dewanto was a speaker at the National Cultural Conference. He later became well known for his cultural commentary. Dewanto became editor of the magazine Kalam at its launch in February 1994

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