Joan Suyenaga
Authors / TranslatorJoan Suyenaga was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, and earned an M.A. in anthropology from the University of Hawaii. She began studying traditional Javanese music (gamelan) and language in the early 1970s, and has lived, raised a family, and worked in Yogyakarta for over 30 years as a freelance writer, translator, and editor focusing on Indonesian and Javanese culture.
In the Headlines
Books — or in Translation(s)/Editing(s)
Work(s) in Translation
From Abidah El Khalieqy’s Mataraisa, by Abidah El Khalieqy, published in Reformations: Indonesian Literature in Translation (Nov 06, 2015)
Gendhis, by Abidah El Khalieqy, published in Myth and History: Writing from Indonesia (Aug 01, 2015)
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