Jun 24, 2025
Cok Sawitri
Writer
Photo courtesy / credit goes to The Bali Daily
Born Sideman, Bali (Sep 01, 1968) Died Denpasar (Apr 04, 2024)
Personal Web http://coksawitrisidemen.blogspot.com/
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Personal Web http://coksawitrisidemen.blogspot.com/
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A journalist, novelist, playwright, poet, and activist. Her poetry, short stories, essays, and feature articles have appeared in most every major national literary publication. Translations of her work have appeared in Bali: Living in Two Worlds (2002) and Bali Rediscovered (2004). Her most recent published work, a novel titled Janda Dari Jirah (The Widow from Jirah), was short-listed for the 2006-2007 Khatulistiwa Literary Award. She has staged eighteen dramatic works and is well known in Bali and beyond for her work in community development and women’s empowerment.1
Book(s)
A Lonely Death and Other Stories
Collection of Short Stories
148 page(s), BTW Books
Un Soir du Paris
Collection of Short Stories
144 page(s), Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Mata yang Indah: Cerpen Pilihan KOMPAS 2001
(Beautiful Eyes)
Novel
222 page(s), Penerbit Buku Kompas
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