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John McGlynn & Lontar Foundation: Translating & Preserving Indonesian Literature

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In this article: Leila S. Chudori

Written by Eddie Dobbins
Originally published in Ubud Now & Then.

Nov 08, 2017
The theme for this year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival was ‘Sangkan Paraning Dumadi’, or ‘Origins’ – a term that “speaks to our eternal connection to where we have come from, and to where we will ultimately return.” This ties in well with the work of John McGlynn, who has devoted his entire life to putting Indonesian literature into the global conversation through the Lontar Foundation (founded in 1987).

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