The Making of the Buru Quartet tells the powerful story behind Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s most significant literary achievement. Imprisoned without trial and exiled to the remote island of Buru, Pram began crafting what would become the Buru Quartet under unimaginable conditions—initially without … [Read more...]
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‘She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen’: George Quinn raises Javanese stories
April 12, 2024 by
Australian professor George Quinn translated an anthology of Javanese short stories to help introduce Javanese literature to a wider audience. On a strikingly sunny day in the Lontar Foundation office in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, author George Quinn proudly displayed the Javanese woman on … [Read more...]
The Unfamiliar But Fascinating Literature of ASEAN
September 9, 2023 by
In Korea, the literature of ASEAN is relatively unknown. One reason for this is because it isn’t readily accessible. In large bookstores in Korea, Southeast Asian literature is categorized under “Fiction from Other Countries” or “World Literature from Other Countries”, and in libraries, it’s … [Read more...]