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Yayasan Bentang Budaya is a legendary publishing house based in Yogyakarta. Founded in the early 1990s, it focuses on literary works, novels, culture, and philosophy. Renowned for publishing seminal titles such as Saksi Mata by Seno Gumira Ajidarma, the publisher was acquired by Mizan Publika in 2004 and has since evolved into Bentang Pustaka.

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