Katrin Figge

Writer / See Roots

She was born in and currently lives in Berlin
https://www.katrinfigge.com/about

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A German-Indonesian writer who has lived and worked in Japan, Germany and Indonesia, and now based in Berlin. She’s also the author of the book “An Tagen wie diesen” (Days Like These), which was published in 2015.

Media Writing(s)

Writing the Book on Mother-Daughter Relationships, on Leila S. Chudori, Rain Chudori, , published in NOW!Jakarta (Apr 16, 2021)

Feby Indirani: The importance of being honest, on Feby Indirani, , published in Jakarta Post (Jun 29, 2019)

Between humor and violence: Seno Gumira’s quest for truth, on Seno Gumira Ajidarma, published in Jakarta Post (Mar 20, 2019)

From Indonesia to Germany: The story of Nuril Basri, on Nuril Basri, published in Jakarta Post (Oct 11, 2018)

Laksmi Pamuntjak’s passion for all things culinary, on Laksmi Pamuntjak, published in Jakarta Post (May 14, 2018)

Online Writing(s)

Mobile Libraries in the Furthest Corners of Indonesia, published in Goethe Institut – Magazine

Book Story(s)

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Dial A for Aunties), published in Personal Blog (May 10, 2021)

The Book of Jakarta – Edited by Maesy Ang & Teddy W. Kusuma (The Book of Jakarta: A City in Short Fiction), published in Personal Blog (Feb 06, 2021)

Lockdown Literature (Before Dawn: The Poetry of Sapardi Djoko Damono) (The Wandering), published in Personal Blog (Jan 16, 2021)

Asian women writers gain a wider audience thanks to translations of their work crowdfunded by a British publisher (Deviant Disciples), published in South China Morning Post (Oct 11, 2020)