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In this article: Abidah El Khalieqy Dee Lestari Goenawan Mohamad Intan Paramaditha Laksmi Pamuntjak Sapardi Djoko Damono

By Tiffany Tsao
Originally published in Asymptote.
Apr 14, 2017

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 ...

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