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    Dive into the lives and works of individual Indonesian writers with 'Writer Spotlights.' Curated news and articles from global media provide a focused look at the latest buzz surrounding these literary personalities. Stay connected to insightful coverage on the vibrant world of Indonesian authors.


    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Mar 31, 2010

    Sapardi Djoko Damono: 70 … and still kicking



    Poetry International Rotterdam / As Seen On
    Mar 15, 2010

    Editorial: 15 March 2010



    Personal Blog / What Media Says
    Sep 23, 2009

    Mad Woman In The Attic (An Interview with Intan Paramaditha)



    Jakarta Globe / What Media Says
    Sep 04, 2009

    My Jakarta: Bre Redana, Kompas Sunday Editor



    Direct Action / What Media Says
    Sep 01, 2009

    W.S. Rendra (1935-2009): Dissident in the wind



    TAPOL / What Media Says
    Aug 28, 2009

    Obituary of Joesoef Isak



    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Aug 16, 2009

    W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)



    Jakarta Globe / What Media Says
    Aug 07, 2009

    Obituary: Farewell WS Rendra, Poet, Playwright and Father of Indonesian Theater



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Jun 21, 2009

    Ahmad Tohari: “If only our leaders read literary works”



    Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
    Jan 17, 2009

    Why Aren’t More Indonesian Literary Works Published Abroad?



    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



    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



    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



    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



    J STOR / What Media Says
    Apr 01, 2007

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



    SCMP / What Media Says
    Mar 18, 2007

    Laksmi’s international musings frame the colour of Indonesian life



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

    On Joesoef Isak

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