[hide for="!logged"]Indonesia’s rich history of storytelling is reflected in its growing pool of talented writers. The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival provided an ideal backdrop to explore how a lack of quality translation is impacting the literary industry. JK Rowling, Paul Kalanithi, John … [Read more...]
Amazon expands its literary horizons, making big imprint in translation niche
April 26, 2017 by
Amazon’s rapid rise to prominence in the translation of foreign prose to English — which has drawn appreciation, but also some suspicion by members of the translation community — is yet another sign of the online retailer’s growing cultural significance. The literary translation community in the … [Read more...]
A many-headed machine
April 26, 2017 by
Once upon a time notions and appreciations of Indonesian literature were based on a simple idea: every literary form of writing newly published could be categorised as the work of Angkatan 45 (Generation of 45), a term that referred to the writers who were coming of age in the years of the … [Read more...]
Weekly Dispatches from the Frontlines of World Literature
April 19, 2017 by
In commemoration of the writer Sapardi Djoko Damono’s seventy-seventh birthday late last month, seven books were launched at the Bentara Budaya Jakarta cultural institute in South Jakarta: one new novel and six new editions of Sapardi’s previously published poetry collections. The novel, … [Read more...]
Album Review: Suara Dari Jauh by AriReda
March 31, 2017 by
[hide for="!logged"]In his early 20s, Goenawan Mohamad examined the weight of a love letter. “Bukankah surat cinta ini ditulis/ditulis ke arah siapa saja/seperti hujan yang jatuh ritmis/menyentuh arah siapa saja” (Isn’t this love letter written/ written for everyone/like the rain falling … [Read more...]
