Born San Diego, California, currently resides in Sydney, Australia
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A writer and literary translator. She is the author of the novel Under Your Wings (US edition forthcoming in early 2020 as The Majesties) and the Oddfits fantasy series. Her translations from Indonesian to English include Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s poetry collection Sergius Seeks Bacchus, Dee Lestari’s novel Paper Boats, and Laksmi Pamuntjak’s The Birdwoman’s Palate.
Born in the United States and of Chinese-Indonesian descent, her family returned to Southeast Asia when she was 3 years old. She spent her formative years in Singapore (8 years) and Indonesia (6 years) before moving to the US for university. She has a B.A. in English literature from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in English literature from UC-Berkeley. She now lives in Sydney, Australia with her spouse and two children.1
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Book(s)
The Majesties
Novel
272 page(s), Atria Books
Under Your Wings
Novel
page(s), Viking Australia
The More Known World (The Oddfits Series Book 2)
Novel
300 page(s), AmazonCrossing
BooksActually’s Gold Standard 2016
Anthology
350 page(s), Math Paper Press
The Oddfits (The Oddfits Series)
Novel
256 page(s),
also Writes ...
What Media Say
Talking Indonesia: literature in translation by Jemma Purdey — Indonesia at Melbourne (Mar 30, 2023)
Tiffany Tsao: “Indonesian literature is less well known” by Arunima Mazumdar — Hindustan Times (Feb 10, 2023)
5 Questions with Norman Erikson Pasaribu and Tiffany Tsao — Liminal Magazine (May 26, 2022)
In Conversation with Translator Tiffany Tsao by Jane Downs — Litro Magazine (Jan 07, 2022)
Interview #154 — Tiffany Tsao by Whitney McIntosh — Liminal Magazine (Nov 16, 2020)
7 Literary Translators You Need to Know by J.R. Ramakrishnan — Electric Literature (Nov 06, 2020)
Translator Interview: Tiffany Tsao by Claire Handscombe — Libro.fm Blog (Aug 14, 2020)
Tiffany Tsao: Giving outsiders a voice by Teddy Hans — Jakarta Post (Jan 26, 2020)
All of What It Could Be: In Conversation with Tiffany Tsao by Sarah Timmer Harvey — Asymptote (Jun 10, 2019)
Meet the Translator: Tiffany Tsao Interview (Indonesian to English) by Jessica Esa — Books and Bao (May 10, 2019)
Also Mentioned in ...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Unveils the Theme “Atita, Wartamana, Anagata: The Past, The Present, and The Future” - Indonesia Expat (Oct 02, 2023)
The Problem With Promoting Indonesian Literature Abroad?: A Simplistic White Gaze by Theodora Sarah Abigail - Jakarta Globe (Mar 05, 2019)
Amazon expands its literary horizons, making big imprint in translation niche by Ángel González - Seattle Times (Apr 15, 2017)
Press Release: AmazonCrossing Announces Spotlight on Indonesian Literature - Digital Book World (Oct 15, 2015)
Video(s)
Celebrating Budi Darma
Media Writing(s)
In memory of Budi Darma; a snippet of correspondence about old people and old age, on Budi Darma, , published in Personal Blog (Aug 26, 2021)
Worlds-Within-Worlds: A Testimonial, on Avianti Armand, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Nh. DiniPramoedya Ananta Toer, published in Asymptote (Jan 19, 2015)
Nh. Dini’s Modernity, on Nh. Dini, published in Asymptote (Jan 01, 2015)
Notes from the Field: Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2014, on Bunyamin Fasya, Debra Yatim, Maggie Tiojakin, , published in Asymptote (Oct 13, 2014)
From Our Story Section
Tiffany Tsao: On working with Norman for Asymptote IDWRITERS (May 24, 2017)
Book Story(s)
When We Became the People from Bloomington (People from Bloomington), published in Sydney Review of Books (Feb 07, 2023)
Intan Paramaditha’s ‘Gentayangan’ crosses many borders (Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu), published in Jakarta Post (Nov 13, 2017)
Pulp horror (Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash), published in Mekong Review (Nov 01, 2017)
In Suspicion of Beauty: On Eka Kurniawan (Beauty Is A Wound), published in Sydney Review of Books (Mar 18, 2016)
Postcolonial Life and Death: A Process-Based Comparison of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Ayu Utami’s Saman (Saman) (Saman: A Novel), published in Personal Blog (Mar 01, 2014)
Media Clipping(s)
Weekly Dispatches from the Frontlines of World Literature, published in Asymptote (Apr 14, 2017)
Rethinking Censorship in Indonesia, published in Sydney Review of Books (Nov 06, 2015)
Books in Translation(s) / Editing(s)
