Straits Times / All Things Books
Sep 14, 2024
Inside Indonesia / As Seen On
Aug 09, 2024
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May 30, 2024
Jakarta Post / All Things Books
May 24, 2024
IDWRITERS / News
May 22, 2024
Jakarta Post / As Seen On
May 21, 2024
Y. B. Mangunwijaya
Writer
Photo courtesy / credit goes to InsideIndo / Gerry van Klinken
An Indonesian architect, writer, and Catholic religious leader. He was popularly known as Romo Mangun (Father Mangun). He was the author of many novels, short stories, essays and non-fiction works. He produced many anthology of novels such as Ikan-ikan Hiu, Ido, Homa (The Sharks, Ido, Homa), Roro Mendut, Durga/Umayi, Burung-Burung Manyar (The Weaverbirds), and his essays were published in various newspapers in Indonesia. His work, Sastra dan Religiositas (Literature and Religiosity) was awarded as the best non-fiction book in 1982, while his novel The Weaverbirds received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1996.
Book(s)
Ikan-ikan Hiu, Ido, Homa
Novel
page(s), Penerbit Buku Kompas
Burung-Burung Rantau
Novel
370 page(s), Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Burung-Burung Manyar
(The Weaverbirds)
Novel
406 page(s), Penerbit Buku Kompas
Rumah Bambu
Collection of Short Stories
200 page(s), Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG)
Rara Mendut: Sebuah Trilogi
Novel
806 page(s), Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Durga/Umayi: A Novel
Novel
224 page(s), University of Washington Press
In the Headlines
Tribunal 1965 / As Seen On
Oct 21, 2015
University of Tasmania, Open Access Repository / Papers
Jun 12, 2007
UCANEWS / What Media Says
Jul 19, 1996
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