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Marga Tjoa (27 January 1943 – 17 August 2023) was an Indonesian popular romance and children's literature writer better known by the pen name Marga T.One of Indonesia's most prolific writers, she first became well known in 1971 for her serial Karmila which was published as a book in 1973 and later made into a film.
Ayu Utami (born 21 November 1968) is an Indonesian writer who has written novels, short-stories, and articles.Saman (1998) is widely considered her masterpiece. It was translated into English by Pamela Allen in 2005.
Ahmad Fuadi (born 30 December 1972) is an Indonesian writer, novelist and social entrepreneur. His debut novel Negeri 5 Menara (The Land of 5 Towers) broke the publisher's sales record (Gramedia Pustaka Utama) for the last 37 years.
Contemporary Indonesian Poetry: Poems in Bahasa Indonesia and English. University of Queensland Press. Aveling, Harry (2001). Secrets Need Words: Indonesian Poetry 1966-1998. Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies. ISBN 0-89680-216-7. Raffel, Burton (1968). An Anthologoy of Indonesian Poetry. Albany: State University of New ...
For many years, he was a director of Balai Pustaka, a publishing firm in Indonesia. In 1987, Subagio Sastrowardoyo, together with Goenawan Mohamad , Sapardi Djoko Damono , Umar Kayam , and John H. McGlynn , established the Lontar Foundation , a non-profit organization with the primary aim of promoting Indonesian literature and culture through ...
He has been described as "Indonesia’s finest writer since Pramoedya Ananta Toer" [6] and "Indonesia's most exciting author." [ 7 ] In 2016, Palari Films announced a film adaptation of Kurniawan's book Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash to be directed by Edwin , who would also co-write the screenplay with Kurniawan. [ 8 ]
In 2003, now long recognized internationally as a great poet, [4] [5] he hosted the first international poetry festival in Indonesia (in Makassar, Solo, Bandung and Jakarta). He was on the list of candidates for the Nobel Prize for Literature several times, saw international publications of his texts, and made numerous appearances at literary ...
Sapardi Djoko Damono (20 March 1940 – 19 July 2020) was an Indonesian poet known for lyrical poems, and who was widely regarded as the pioneer of lyrical poetry in Indonesia. [1] He died in South Tangerang, Banten on 19 July 2020 after a long illness.