Teaches Indonesian language and literature at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Her research interests include contemporary Indonesian literature and popular culture, with a particular interest in postcolonial studies, gender issues and minority ethnic voices. Her translations of Indonesian short stories have been published in the Indonesian press and by Lontar. She is the English translator of Ayu Utami’s acclaimed novel Saman. She regularly interprets and translates for the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali.1
Pamela Allen
Authors / ReviewerAuthors / Translator
Labyrinth of Violence, published in New Writing
Where are all the Indonesian writers?, published in National Centre for Writing (Feb 22, 2019)
La Runduma, by Wa Ode Wulan Ratna, published in Crossing Boundaries: New Voices from Indonesia (Oct 14, 2016)
The Moon and the Magician in the Red Jacket, by Clara Ng, published in Myth and History: Writing from Indonesia (Aug 01, 2015)