Hayat Indriyatno

Authors / Translator

He was born and raised in Tanzania, and has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Natal, Durban, in South Africa. At age 24 Hayat decided to move to Indonesia, the land of his father’s birth, and was immediately smitten by the novelty of it all.
A chance encounter led to a newspaper job, and another presented him with the opportunity to translate into English a book by the award-winning author Okky Madasari.

Books — or in Translation(s)/Editing(s)

The Last Crowd, by Okky Madasari

Kei, by Erni Aladjai

Bound, by Okky Madasari

The Outcast, by Okky Madasari

The Years of Voiceless, by Okky Madasari

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