![]() ![]() Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!, published in English as They Say I’m a Monkey, Jangan Main-Main (dengan Kelaminmu), and Nayla: these are the well-known and much-debated works of Djenar Maesa Ayu. Her writing also extends to other genres from four prize-winning books of The Jakarta Good Food Guide to opinion articles for the Guardian, poetry, short stories, philosophical essays, and she has many more in the pipeline. ![]() Aruna and Her Palate, Laksmi’s second book, also follows Amba’s footstep in getting translated to English. Read on to love Indonesian works, and, we hope, you will love to read about them.Ĭrossing the turbulent period of mass killings in Indonesia from 1965 to 1968 and ancient India’s epic narrative Mahabharata on the Kuruksetra War, Laksmi Pamuntjak’s Amba both won Germany’s Liberaturpreis in 2016 and became a national bestseller. Here we compile seven out of many notable Indonesian writers who paved the future in their own way throughout the decades. Young and productive writers are also growing-sisters Nadia Shafiana Rahma, aged 13, and Nadjma Alya Jasmine, age 14, for example. ![]() Much-loved within Indonesia’s fertile literary scene, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival is always highly anticipated with its exciting international and local lineups. “We, the sons and daughters of Indonesia, respect the language of unity, Bahasa Indonesia.” These words that close off the last lines of the Youth Pledge, first recited on October 28, 1928, during the Second Youth Congress, are resonating even louder this month of Literature and Language. ![]()
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