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I Gusti Ngurah Putu Wijaya (born April 11, 1944) [1] is an Indonesian author, considered by many to be one of Indonesia's most prominent literary figures. [1] His output is impressive; his published works include more than thirty novels, forty dramas, a hundred short stories, and thousands of essays, articles, screenplays and television dramas, and he has been the recipient of a number of ...
Putu Wijaya Won Best Editing B Benny MS Won Best Sound Zakaria Rasyid Won Best Original Story Slamet Rahardjo, Eros Djarot Nominated Best Lead Actor Zainal Abidin Nominated Best Lead Actress Dewi Yull Nominated Best Supporting Actress Lenny Marlina Nominated Best Camera Tantra Surjadi Nominated Best Music Franki Raden Nominated Best Art Direction
According to Benedict Anderson, Iwan Simatupang and Putu Wijaya were the two "genuinely distinguished fictionalists" produced by Indonesia since Independence and both had a strong attachment to "magical realism".
Senja di Jakarta was written while Mochtar Lubis was under house arrest, as ordered by the Sukarno government. The manuscript was originally entitled Yang Terinjak dan Melawan (English: Those Who are Stepped On and Fight Back), but the title was changed during translation.
Putu Oka Sukanta (born 29 July 1939 in Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia) is a versatile Indonesian author of fiction and poetry. He wrote poetry , short stories and novels while still in Bali and after he moved to Yogyakarta and Jakarta .
"Surabaya" has been described as a satire by several writers, including the literary documentarian HB Jassin, [8] and the Indonesian writer and literary critic M. Balfas; Balfas describes it as "perhaps the only satire of the National Revolution."
Darah Muda was written by Djamaluddin Adinegoro, an ethnic Minangkabau writer from Talawi, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, under the pen name Adinegoro.Originally studying medicine, he took up journalism while studying in Germany.
Kuntowijoyo was born in Bantul, Yogyakarta, on 18 September 1943. His father was a dhalang and macapat reader, and his great-grandfather was a mushaf writer. When he attended elementary school at Ibtidaiyah Madrasah, he practiced declamation, storytelling, and reading the Koran.