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Budi Darma

Writer



Often described as one of Indonesia’s most influential writers.

Budi Darma is the fourth of six children, all male. During his childhood and teens, Budi and his family lived in a number of different cities in Java, including Yogyakarta, Bandung and Semarang, due to the nature of his father’s position in the postal service.

His schooling reflected his family’s nomadic existence. Budi’s attended elementary school in Kudus, junior high in Salatiga, and high school in Semarang, graduating from there in 1957. He then studied at the English Literature Department, Faculy of Letters, University of Gadjah Mada. After graduating in 1963, Budi moved to Iowa for the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. In 1970, he received a scholarship from the East-West Center to study humanities at the University of Hawaii, before graduating with an MA from Indiana University Bloomington in 1976.[4] Four years later, in 1980, he earned his Ph.D for his dissertation on “Character and Moral Judgment in Jane Austen’s Novels”, from the same university.

His return to Indonesia was followed by a succession of notable appointments: between the years 1984-1987 he was appointed Dean of the English Department of the State University of Surabaya (formerly IKIP Surabaya), became a member of the Arts Council, and Rector of the Surabaya Teachers’ Training College. Budi Darma continued lecturing at the English Department of the State University of Surabaya until his retirement, at the age of 70, in 2007.1


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Book(s)


Orang-orang Bloomington
Collection of Short Stories
316 page(s), Noura Books
People from Bloomington
Collection of Short Stories
192 page(s), Penguin Classics
Olenka
Novel
444 page(s), Noura Books
Rafilus
Novel
388 page(s), Noura Books
“Anak ini Mau Mengencingi Jakarta?”
("This Kid Wants to Urinate all over Jakarta?”)
Anthology
222 page(s), Penerbit Buku Kompas
Hotel Tua
Collection of Short Stories
240 page(s), Penerbit Buku Kompas
Orang-orang Bloomington
Collection of Short Stories
316 page(s), Noura Books
Orang-orang Bloomington
Collection of Short Stories
246 page(s), Metafor Publishing
Kritikus Adinan
Collection of Short Stories
292 page(s), Bentang Pustaka
Orang-orang Bloomington
Collection of Short Stories
188 page(s), Sinar Harapan

In the Headlines


Celebrating Budi Darma

BPL Library / Youtube
Oct 02, 2022

I Believe the Man in the Attic Has a Gun

Electric Literature / Translations
Apr 20, 2022

Family M

Literary Hub / Translations
Apr 13, 2022

Good News for Literature Lovers

NOW!Jakarta / As Seen On
Jul 23, 2021

Joshua Karabish

InTranslation / Translations
Jul 01, 2020

The literary light from the east

Jakarta Post / As Seen On
May 29, 2017

IDWRITERS

Jakarta Post / What Media Says
Jun 06, 2016

Celebrating Indonesia’s literary fiction tradition

Jakarta Post / As Seen On
Jun 02, 2016

IDWRITERS

Jakarta Post / What Media Says
Sep 16, 2005

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