Jennifer Lindsay
Authors / TranslatorJennifer Lindsay first went to Indonesia in 1971. She lived there for 25 years as student, researcher, diplomat and programme officer. She has translated many literary and academic works from Indonesian into English, including Linus Suryadi’s Pariyem’s Confession, and has been translating Goenawan Mohamad’s essays since 1992. Jennifer’s edited volume, Between Tongues: Translation and/of/in Performance in Asia, was published in 2006. A columnist for Indonesia’s weekly magazine, Tempo, she focuses her academic writing on Indonesian culture, language and history.1
Books — or in Translation(s)/Editing(s)
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