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    Discover the vibrant world of Indonesian writers through the latest updates curated from global media outlets, thoughtfully indexed to bring you regular and engaging coverage, ensuring you stay connected to the pulse of the literary scene. Explore with us as we delve into the rich narratives and captivating stories of Indonesian writers, presented with the utmost professionalism.


    Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
    Dec 30, 2008

    Lost In Translation?



    Daily Star, The / What Media Says
    Dec 01, 2008

    In Indonesia, ‘anti-porn’ may curtail basic freedoms



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Nov 27, 2008

    Gerhana Kembar, a novel by Clara Ng



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Nov 16, 2008

    Azhari: The author of Aceh



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Oct 18, 2008

    Emha Ainun Najib: Delivering the message of peace



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Sep 27, 2008

    Hamsad Rangkuti: Long journey of a short-story master



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Aug 21, 2008

    Clara Ng: Writing for women and children



    Personal Blog / As Seen On
    Aug 04, 2008

    Notes from Sydney



    Liberation News / What Media Says
    Jul 28, 2008

    Tan Malaka and Indonesia’s freedom struggle



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Jul 06, 2008

    Ayu Utami: Explores her spiritual side



    Iowa IWP / Papers
    May 14, 2008

    THE TEN COMMON-MENTS: Some Experiences From Indonesia



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    May 11, 2008

    Dina Oktaviani: The lost biography of a young poet



    Personal Blog / What Media Says
    Apr 07, 2008

    WILSON TJANDINEGARA: Cross-cultural poet and translator



    UTS ePress / Papers
    Jan 03, 2008

    Selatan—Sur—South



    Research Gate / All Things Books
    Jan 01, 2008

    Theme level issues in novel Saman masterpiece Ayu Utami and novel Nayla masterpiece Djenar Maesa Ayu



    SCMP / What Media Says
    Dec 09, 2007

    Notes from a dream



    Personal Blog / As Seen On
    Dec 04, 2007

    Bi wa Kizu and the Image of Cultural Globalization in Contemporary Japan: A Case Study of an Indonesian Novel Translation



    EBSCOhost Connection / What Media Says
    Dec 01, 2007

    ‘Shattered families’: ‘transgression’, cosmopolitanism and experimental form in the fiction of Djenar Maesa Ayu



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Nov 10, 2007

    Korrie Layun Rampan: Kalimantan wordsmith turns politician



    Personal Blog / What Media Says
    Oct 16, 2007

    Marianne Katoppo: A Poet of God amidst the World of the Others



    AWRC / What Media Says
    Oct 12, 2007

    Marianne Katoppo dies at 64



    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Jul 30, 2007

    A soldier’s historian



    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Jul 30, 2007

    Romo Mangun

    Mochtar Lubis - Indonesian Writers

    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Jul 22, 2007

    Mochtar Lubis



    Personal Blog / What Media Says
    Jul 19, 2007

    Obituary Hamid Jabbar(1949-2004)



    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Jul 15, 2007

    Rendra speaks



    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Jul 14, 2007

    Writing to the world



    University of Tasmania, Open Access Repository / Papers
    Jun 12, 2007

    Reading Matters: An Examination of Plurality of Meaning in Selected Indonesian Fiction, 1980-1995



    J STOR / What Media Says
    Apr 01, 2007

    Reading Ayu Utami: Notes toward a Study of Trauma and the Archive in Indonesia



    Article Alley / All Things Books
    Apr 01, 2007

    Criticism on Saman by Ayu Utami



    SCMP / What Media Says
    Mar 18, 2007

    Laksmi’s international musings frame the colour of Indonesian life



    Journal of Southeast Asian Studies / All Things Books
    Jan 05, 2007

    Descriptions of Female Sexuality in Ayu Utami’s Saman



    Indonesia Southeast Asia And International Affairs, USYD / What Media Says
    Sep 14, 2006

    On Joesoef Isak



    Jakarta Post / Writing
    Sep 10, 2006

    Fire and Son



    Indonesia Southeast Asia And International Affairs, USYD / What Media Says
    Aug 08, 2006

    Pramoedya commemoration in Jakarta

    Indonesian Writers

    Qantara / What Media Says
    Jun 17, 2006

    Indonesian Author Leaves Blueprint for Pluralism

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