Putu Oka Sukanta. Lara Norgaard via The Conversation
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Written by Vannessa Hearman, and was originally published in Conversation
Aug 06, 2021
Written by Vannessa Hearman, and was originally published in Conversation
Aug 06, 2021
As Indonesia becomes the world’s COVID-19 epicentre, writer and activist Putu Oka Sukanta’s poetry reflects how the pandemic has changed human relations and ways to maintain optimism and resilience.
As a former political detainee – Sukanta was imprisoned for ten years without trial by Suharto’s New Order regime and is one of the diminishing numbers of survivors of the 1965-66 mass violence in Indonesia – he knows too well the government’s shortcomings in meeting the needs of the country’s most vulnerable.
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