The Indonesian literature world is in mourning again after Yudhistira ANM Massardi passed away in early April 2024. Now, poet born in Sukabumi, Joko Pinurbo (61), breathed his last breath on Saturday (27/4/2024). The news of Jokpin's death was conveyed by the editor of Gramedia Pustaka Utama, … [Read more...]
‘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...]
Sony Karsono’s Sentimentalism Towards Body
February 21, 2024 by
Sony Karsono's Sentimentalisme Calon Mayat (The Sentimentalism of a Future Corpse) is Tempo's 2023 Book of Prose. Like the Indonesian identity, which rose and developed during the Dutch colonial era, particularly in the early 20th century, the history of Indonesian literature is a history whose … [Read more...]
Netflix drama ‘Cigarette Girl’ highlights Indonesian IP adaptation
February 3, 2024 by
Country's trove of literary creativity offers business potential for publishers. Netflix's release of "Gadis Kretek," or "Cigarette Girl" -- the global streaming giant's TV series set in Indonesia -- has drawn viewers from outside the country while highlighting its progress in intellectual … [Read more...]
Accountability, Liminality, and (Mis)Representations in Translation: Khairani Barokka Interviews Tiffany Tsao
January 30, 2024 by
Khairani Barokka, author and former editor of Modern Poetry in Translation, corresponded with Tiffany Tsao, fiction writer and translator of Indonesian literature, for Wasafiri 116: Shorelines: South East Asia and the Littoral, our winter special issue co-guest edited by Nazry Bahrawi, Joanne Leow, … [Read more...]
