An annual award that recognizes Indonesia’s best prose and poetry, and initiated to celebrate the leading writers in the Indonesian literary scene—providing them not only with recognition from the local literary community, but also funding for their craft. Formerly known as Khatulistiwa Literary Award, Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa was founded in 2001 by author and film director Richard Oh and the then-chief executive of Plaza Senayan, Takeshi Ichiki.
Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa
Award
The 19th Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa
Awarded on Oct 16, 2019 at Atrium Plasa Senayan, JakartaSHORTLIST
Prose
Poetry
At a Glance
As of now, our resource library consists of approximately 588 writers, 801 books by 246 publishers, 736 contributing authors, 1091 (369 coverages, 210 clippings, and 512 reviews) articles published in 344 media outlets, 76 works in translation, and 58 useful resources that we consider particularly worth noting.
About Us
For short, our main feature, the writer's directory, provides a way for writers to find one another, but more importantly, the resources provided make it easy for event hosts—especially for international event hosts—literary organizers, arts administrators, librarians, booksellers, and readers to get in touch with writers. It's a HOME FOR INDONESIAN WRITERS. We strive to break down the language barriers that have prevented Indonesian books or literature from becoming more widespread.
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