Sasti Gotama
Sasti Gotama adalah seorang dokter yang mencintai aksara. Ia gemar mengintip sisi tergelap jiwa manusia dan melukiskannya dalam deretan karya. Karyanya telah dibukukan dalam Kumpulan Cerita Penafsir Mimpi (Indigo Publisher, 2019). Cerpen-cerpennya telah tersiar di media cetak dan media online Indonesia.
Bukunya, Mengapa Tuhan Menciptakan Kucing Hitam (Diva Press, 2020), masuk dalam 5 besar buku sastra pilihan Tempo 2020, menjadi nominee Penghargaan Sastra Badan Bahasa Kementrian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi 2021, dan pemenang I Hadiah Sastra “Rasa” 2022.
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Chan Ho-Kei 陳浩基 was born and raised in Hong Kong. He has worked as software engineer, scriptwriter, game designer and editor of comic magazines. His writing career started in 2008 at the age of thirty-three, with the short story ‘The Case of Jack and the Beanstalk,’ which was shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of Taiwan Award. He went on to win the award again the following year with ‘The Locked Room of Bluebeard.’
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Iksaka Banu
Iksaka Banu lahir di Yogyakarta, 7 Oktober 1964. Menamatkan kuliah di Jurusan Desain Grafis, Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain, Institut Teknologi Bandung. Bekerja di bidang periklanan di Jakarta hingga tahun 2006, kemudian memutuskan menjadi praktisi iklan yang bekerja lepas.
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Semasa kanak-kanak (1974–1976), ia beberapa kali mengirim tulisan ke rubrik Anak Harian Angkatan Bersenjata. Karyanya pernah pula dimuat di rubrik Anak Kompas dan majalah Kawanku. Namun, kegiatan menulis terhenti karena tertarik untuk mencoba melukis komik. Lewat kegiatan melukis komik ini, ketika duduk di bangku sekolah menengah pertama, ia memperoleh kesempatan membuat cerita bergambar berjudul “Samba si Kelinci Perkasa” di majalah Ananda selama 1978.
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Zaky Yamani
Zaky Yamani was born in Bandung City, July 27th 1978. He worked as a journalist and editor for the Pikiran Rakyat daily from 2002 until 2016. He graduated with an MA in Journalism from Ateneo de Manila University assisted by a scholarship from the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (2006 - 2008). Zaky also writes fiction, in the form of novels and short-stories.
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Books published include Johnny Mushroom and Other Stories (2011), Thirst in the Water Field (2012), Coffee-bitter Comedy (2013), Bandar: Family, Blood, and Inherited Sins (2014), and Running Amok (2016). All of his books were written in Indonesian language
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Okky Madasari
Okky Madasari is an Indonesian novelist. She is well-known for her social criticism with her fiction highlighting social issues, such as injustice and discrimination, and above all, about humanity. In academic field, her main interest is on literature, censorship and freedom of expression, and sociology of knowledge.
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Since 2010 Okky has published 10 books, comprising of five novels, one short-story collection, three children’s novels and one non-fiction book. Her newest book (2019) is Genealogi Sastra Indonesia: Kapitalisme, Islam dan Sastra Perlawanan or “Genealogy of Indonesian Literature: Capitalism, Islam and Critical Literature”, which is published online and can be freely downloaded from her website www.okkymadasari.net. Okky’s novels -
Intan Paramaditha
Intan Paramaditha menulis buku Sihir Perempuan, kumpulan cerita pendek yang masuk lima besar Khatulistiwa Literary Award pada tahun 2005; Kumpulan Budak Setan (2010), sebuah tribut untuk penulis horor Abdullah Harahap yang ditulis bersama Eka Kurniawan dan Ugoran Prasad; naskah drama Goyang Penasaran (Intan Paramaditha & Naomi Srikandi, ed, KPG 2013), diadaptasi dari cerpennya dan dipentaskan oleh Teater Garasi di Yogyakarta dan Teater Salihara, Jakarta. Ia mendapat penghargaan sebagai cerpenis terbaik Kompas 2013 lewat cerpen "Klub Solidaritas Suami Hilang." Pada tahun 2017 ia menerbitkan Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu, novel dengan alur beragam yang terpilih sebagai karya sastra bidang prosa terbaik pilihan Tempo 20
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Ahmad Tohari
Ahmad Tohari is Indonesia well-knowned writer who can picture a typical village scenery very well in his writings. He has been everywhere, writings for magazines. He attended Fellowship International Writers Program at Iowa, United State on 1990 and received Southeast Asian Writers Award on 1995.
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His famous works are trilogy of Srintil, a traditional dancer (ronggeng) of Paruk Village: "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk", "Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari", and "Jantera Bianglala"
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Eka Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya in 1975 and completed his studies in the Faculty of Philosophy at Gadjah Mada University. He has been described as the “brightest meteorite” in Indonesia’s new literary firmament, the author of two remarkable novels which have brought comparisons to Salman Rushdie, Gabriel García Márquez and Mark Twain; the English translations of these novels were both published in 2015—Man Tiger by Verso Books, and Beauty is a Wound by New Directions in North America and Text Publishing in Australia. Kurniawan has also written movie scripts, a graphic novel, essays on literature and two collections of short stories. He currently resides in Jakarta.
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemics, and histories of his homeland and its people. A well-regarded writer in the West, Pramoedya's outspoken and often politically charged writings faced censorship in his native land during the pre-reformation era. For opposing the policies of both founding president Sukarno, as well as those of its successor, the New Order regime of Suharto, he faced extrajudicial punishment. During the many years in which he suffered imprisonment and house arrest, he became a cause célèbre for advocates of freedom of expression and human rights.
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* Kranji-Bekasi Jatuh (1947)
* Perburuan (The Fugitive) (1950)
* Keluarga Gerilya (1950)
* Bukan Pasarmalam (1951)
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Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: نوال السعداوي) was born in 1931, in a small village outside Cairo. Unusually, she and her brothers and sisters were educated together, and she graduated from the University of Cairo Medical School in 1955, specializing in psychiatry. For two years, she practiced as a medical doctor, both at the university and in her native Tahla.
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From 1963 until 1972, Saadawi worked as Director General for Public Health Education for the Egyptian government. During this time, she also studied at Columbia University in New York, where she received her Master of Public Health degree in 1966. Her first novel Memoirs of a Woman Doctor was published in Cairo in 1958. In 1972, however, she lost her job in the Egyptian government as a resu -
Putu Juli Sastrawan
Putu Juli Sastrawan adalah penulis dan peneliti yang sejak 2022 berfokus pada memori kolektif, politik ingatan, serta narasi sejarah dalam sastra dan seni. Pada 2024, ia menjalani residensi menulis di Kyoto dan menjadi peneliti tamu di Pusat Kajian Asia Tenggara, Universitas Kyoto. Saat ini, ia tengah mengerjakan proyek penulisan yang mengeksplorasi bagaimana fiksi menjadi medium bagi penyintas dan saksi mata Peristiwa 1965 dan Bom Atom Hiroshima.
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Adia Puja
ADIA PUJA adalah mantan seorang jurnalis yang terus menulis. Lahir di Bandung tahun 1989, dan kini menetap di Bogor.
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Pada 2018, dia menerbitkan karya fiksi pertamanya, Konspirasi Hujan, yang diikuti dengan karya lainnya, Orang Gila yang Ingin Menjadi Pohon (2020), Makan Tahi (2020), Jemantik: Nama-Nama Celaka dan Kisah yang Belum Selesai (2022), dan Kisah Satu Hari yang Berakhir dengan Putusnya Alat Kelamin (2023).
Naskah Mustika Zakar Celeng (2023) dianugerahi sebagai salah satu naskah yang menarik perhatian juri pada Sayembara Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 2021. Tidak ada yang membuatnya keranjingan selain teh manis dingin, karya fiksi, dan The Beatles. -
Andre Septiawan
Andre Septiawan adalah seorang penulis muda berbakat yang lahir di Pariaman, Sumatera Barat, pada tahun 1995, telah mengukir namanya dalam kancah sastra Indonesia. Pada tahun 2018, alumnus Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Andalas ini mendapat pengakuan internasional setelah tampil sebagai salah satu Emerging Writers di Ubud Writer and Reader Festival 2018. Karya-karyanya pun kerap mendapatkan apresiasi dari berbagai platform sastra terkemuka. Novel perdananya, Inyik Balang berhasil memenangkan hadiah Sastra Ayu Utami untuk Pemula. "RASA" 2025 dan sempat masuk ke dalam daftar pendek buku prosa pilihan Tempo pada 2024 dan daftar Panjang Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa pada tahun 2025
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Bothayna Al-Essa
Bothayna El Essa (Arabic: بثينة العيسى) is a novelist from Kuwait. A well-known author in modern Arabic literature, her novel The Book Censor's Library was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction in their category for translated literature.
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Mahfud Ikhwan
Mahfud Ikhwan lahir di Lamongan, 7 Mei 1980. Lulus dari Jurusan Sastra Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada, tahun 2003 dengan skripsi tentang cerpen-cerpen Kuntowijoyo. Menulis sejak kuliah, pernah menerbitkan cerpennya di Annida, Jawa Pos, Minggu Pagi, dan di beberapa buku antologi cerpen independen.
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Bekerja di penerbitan buku sekolah antara 2005–2009 dan menghasilkan serial Sejarah Kebudayaan Islam untuk siswa MI berjudul Bertualang Bersama Tarikh (4 jilid, 2006) dan menulis cergam Seri Peperangan pada Zaman Nabi (3 jilid, 2008). Novelnya yang sudah terbit adalah Ulid Tak Ingin ke Malaysia (2009) dan Lari Gung! Lari! (2011). Novelnya yang ketiga, Kambing dan Hujan, memenangkan Sayembara Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 2014.
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Agustinus Wibowo
Agustinus Wibowo is an Indonesian travel writer and photographer who had spent four years traveling overland continuously. Departing from Beijing, his original destination was South Africa, but he was stuck in Afghanistan and stayed there for 3 years as a photojournalist. He has published two travel narrative books in Indonesian language, namely: Selimut Debu---Impian dan Kebanggaan dari Negeri Perang Afghanistan (Blanket of Dust---Dreams and Pride from War-torn Afghanistan) and Garis Batas---Perjalanan di Negeri-Negeri Asia Tengah (Borderlines---Journey in Central Asian Countries).
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Angelina Enny
ANGELINA ENNY is a writer from Kotabumi, Lampung, who now resides in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her stories "Nokturnal Melankolia" (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2017) was named to the Long-list of Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa. She published the poetry collection "In Between, Di Antara" (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2019), alongside Dutch artist Robin Block and translated it into the performance form "A Passage, Sebuah Antara." Her script, "The Fifteenth Night" about the May 1998 riots, was longlisted for the Jakarta Film Fund in 2021. She just wrote "Finding Sita in the Indies" (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2024), a novelette on the search for identity during colonial times.
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Iwan Simatupang
Iwan Simatupang dilahirkan di Sibolga, Sumatera Utara, 18 Januari 1928, dan meninggal di Jakarta, 4 Agustus 1970.
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Sastrawan yang pernah memperdalam antropologi dan filsafat di Belanda dan Perancis serta sempat meredakturi Siasat dan Warta Harian. Ia dikenal dengan novel-novelnya yang mengusung semangat eksistensialisme: Merahnya Merah (1968), Kooong (1975; mendapat hadiah Yayasan Buku Utama Departemen P dan K, 1975), Ziarah (1969), Kering (1972). Dua novel yang disebut terakhir diterjemahkan Harry Aveling ke dalam bahasa Inggris.
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Karya-karya awal Beri Hanna diterbitkan ketika berusia 22 tahun dalam majalah Makelar Bandit Tolchopo, Tuan Wokodjo Milik Kita Semua, Cerita Manusia Tanjung Pauh, Manuskrip Yang Terbakar, Dongeng Penelitian Nambuk Kubo, Tahun Batu Sumpah Batu, Lamaran, dan karya terkenal bertajuk Lantak Laa: Dramaturgi Anonim Anonim.
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Fernando Báez
Fernando Báez (San Félix, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan writer, poet and essayist. He is known for his work on the destruction of Iraqi books and art caused by the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Báez has a degree in education and a doctorate in library science, and worked for several years at the University of the Andes in Mérida, Venezuela, where he studied Greek and Latin under José Manuel Briceño Guerrero.
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Among his works are Historia Universal de la Destrucción de Libros (2004), Historia de la Antigua Biblioteca de Alejandría (2003), La Destrucción Cultural de Iraq (2004), which was translated into English by Alfred MacAdam and published in 2008 as A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day -
Ashadi Siregar
Tanda penghargaan/kehormatan
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1.Medali Satyalancana Karya Satya XX Tahun, Presiden RI (1999)
2.Medali Piagam Pengharaan Kesetiaan, Rektor Universitas Gadjah Mada (1999)
3.Medali Satyalancana Karya Satya XXX Tahun, Presiden RI (2007)
4.Press Card Number One, Penghargaan Panitia Pusat Hari Pers Nasional, Persatuan Wartawan Indonesia Pusat (2010)
Pekerjaan/jabatan sekarang
1.Pegawai Negeri Sipil pada Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (1970), pensiun Pembina Utama Madya IV/d (2010)
2.Direktur Lembaga Penelitian Pendidikan Penerbitan Yogya/LP3Y
Pengalaman profesional
1.Redaktur Mingguan Publica Yogyakarta (1968)
2.Dosen tetap pada Jurusan Publisistik/Ilmu Komunikasi Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta (1970 – 2010)
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Rio Johan
Rio Johan was born in Baturaja, South Sumatra, 1990. Rio has been invited to speak at The Ubud Reader's & Writer's festival (2015), was on a sponsored residency in Berlin, Germany (2016) and has been the recipient of the 2014 Prose Book of Choice by Tempo for his short story collection, "Aksara Amananunna", and the 2018 Khatulistiwa Literary Award for his novel, "Ibu Susu".
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Dewi Kharisma Michellia
Dewi Kharisma Michellia was born in Denpasar in 1991. She works as a writer, translator, and editor, and has experiences in writing novels, reportages, and short stories.
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Her work, Surat Panjang tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya (A Long Letter of Our Million Light-Years Distance) was published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2013 after winning the 2012 Jakarta Art Council Novel Contest, which later short-listed as the 2013 Khatulistiwa Literary Award. In 2016, A Copy of My Mind, a film-to-novel adaptation, published by Grasindo. Still at the same publisher, in 2017, her first collection of short stories, Elegi (The Elegy), was published. Her writings have been published in various respected outlets, in pindai.org, asymptotejournal.com -
Feby Indirani
Feby Indirani, Journalist and Writer, started to write since elementary school, beginning with a diary. When in high school, she got 2nd place in an essay contest for teen organized by Gadis magazine, and was actively involved in a school publication. She went to Universitas Padjadjaran, majoring in journalistic, and joined djatinangor student publication. Feby won an Essay Writing Competition for Students in 2001, organized by Toyota Astra Foundation. Late 2002, she received a grant from the Asia Foundation and the Study Center for Religion and Civilization (PSAP) Muhammadiyah, through a call for papers on Women and Muhammadiyah.
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May 2003 through June 2004, Feby worked as a reporter in Trust magazine. July 2004, Feby joined the Tempo Group