Sep 23, 2025
Clarissa Goenawan
Writer / See Roots
Born Surabaya, currently resides in Singapore
Personal Web http://clarissagoenawan.com
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An Indonesian-born Singaporean writer. Her debut novel, Rainbirds, was the winner of the prestigious Bath Novel Award for unpublished and self-published novelists. Her short stories have received several awards and been published in various literary magazines and anthologies in Singapore, Australia, the UK, and the US, such Esquire, Monsoon Book, Writing the City, and many others.1
Book(s)
Watersong
Novel
320 page(s), Carbonio Editore
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
Novel
288 page(s), Soho Press
Rainbirds
Novel
323 page(s), Soho Press
In the Headlines
Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
Apr 12, 2018
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