Ratih Kumala

Writer

She was born in Jakarta (Jun 04, 1980), and currently lives in Jakarta
http://www.ratihkumala.com

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She finished her study in Sebelas Maret University of Surakarta-Indonesia, majoring English Literature. Author of five books; Tabula Rasa (novel), Genesis (novel) and Larutan Senja (collected fiction), Kronik Betawi (novel) and Gadis Kretek (novel).

Not only writing books, she also write screenplay. Now she lives in Jakarta with her husband, Eka Kurniawan, who is also a writer, and their baby daughter Kidung Kinanti Kurniawan.1

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Book(s)


Cigarette Girl
Novel
296 page(s), Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Bastian dan Jamur Ajaib
Collection of Short Stories
130 page(s), Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Gadis Kretek
(Cigarette Girl)
Novel
288 page(s),
Un Soir du Paris
Collection of Short Stories
144 page(s), Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Smokol: Cerpen Kompas Pilihan 2008
Collection of Short Stories
169 page(s), Penerbit Buku Kompas


What Media Say


Ratih Kumala: An instinctive, detailed storyteller by Sebastian Partogi — Jakarta Post (Oct 16, 2017)


Also Mentioned in ...


Literature is the new cool by Sebastian Partogi - Jakarta Post (Dec 19, 2017)
Lost in translation: why the world is missing out on Indonesia’s best writers by Dene Mullen - Southeast Asia Globe (Jan 05, 2017)


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