Bre Redana

Writer

He was born in Salatiga (Nov 27, 1957), and currently lives in Jakarta
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A senior journalist with Kompas daily news, the country’s largest newspaper. He was editor of various desks before heading the newspaper’s Sunday edition for 11 years until 2010. Beside being a journalist, he also writes essays, short stories and novels. His short story compilation was published under the title Urban Sensation (1993) while his novels – Blues Merbabu (2011) and 65 (2012) – are both about stories taking place around 1965 communist purge.1

  1. ALF2015 ↩

Book(s)


Koran Kami, With Lucy In The Sky
(Our Newspaper with Lucy in the Sky)
Novel
200 page(s), Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG)


What Media Say


My Jakarta: Bre Redana, Kompas Sunday Editor by Zack Petersen — The Jakarta Globe (Sep 04, 2009)


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