He was educated at the local state school until graduation in 1998 and continued to study in Hospitality University. He was then employed by a financial company in Jakarta, where he began to receive many awards related with customer satisfaction. Having been working the same routine for years, he … [Read more...]
Joesoef Isak
An Indonesian publisher, translator, and left-wing intellectual. He was an advocate of free speech during President Suharto's authoritarian New Order administration and was imprisoned from 1967 to 1977 without trial. In 1980, he helped found and direct the publishing house Hasta Mitra, publisher … [Read more...]
John Waromi
He studied law in the Cendrawasih University in Papua. As a scout he trained in the marines tall sail training ship KRI Dewa Ruci in 1983. In 1986 John Waromi moved to Jakarta as a scout but left in 1987 to join Bengkel Teater Rendra, those days the most prestigious theatre group in Indonesia, led … [Read more...]
Joko Pinurbo
Joko Pinurbo poetry is a mixture of narrative, irony and self-reflection. He was from the family of an elementary school teacher. Graduated in 1987 at the Institute of Teacher Training and Education (now University) Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta. Then taught at his alma mater while helping culture … [Read more...]
Joko Sucipto
He studied Indonesian Language and Literature in STKIP PGRI Bangkalan, and graduated in 2015. He has been a theatre activist at Komunitas Masyarakat Lumpur since 2013. His writing has been included in many anthologies, and his own volume of poetry, Klonnong, was published in 2016. He also writes for … [Read more...]
