Authors
Nirwan Dewanto Poet Indonesia
Nirwan Dewanto was raised in East Java and now resides in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is a poet, essayist, and curator. His poems “pull the reader into a state of tension between extreme juxtaposition and hidden logic, between childlike playfulness and calculated detachment.” He has participated in numerous residency programs, including the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in the US. He is a founding member and lead curator of Komunitas Salihara, a cultural center in South Jakarta. His books are, among others, Jantung Lebah Ratu (The Queen Bee’s Heart, poetry) and Buli-Buli Lima Kaki (The Five-Footed Jug, poetry), both of which received the Khatulistiwa Literary Award; The Origin of Happiness & Other Poems (poems in English and German translations); Satu Setengah Mata-mata (One and Half Spies, essays on visual art); and Museum of Pure Desire (poems in English translations). His most recent books are Buku Merah (The Red Book) and Buku Jingga (The Orange Book), works “that move back and forth in relaxed fashion between poetry and prose.”
Participation Program
[Writers in Conversation]
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ Witjak Widhi Cahya
ⓒ LTI Korea
[Writers in Conversation]
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ 이상우
Meeting with Writers
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ LTI Korea
ⓒ 이상우
Opening Ceremony