Laksmi Pamuntjak

Laksmi Pamuntjak
Born Jakarta, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesian
Known for Poet, writer

Laksmi Pamuntjak (born 1971) is an Indonesian poet, novelist, essayist, and food writer. She is also an art consultant and writes for numerous local and international publications including opinion articles for the Guardian.

Biography

Pamuntjak, who writes in Bahasa Indonesia and English, is the author of two collections of poetry, Ellipsis and The Anagram (the former of which appeared in the 2005 Herald UK Books of the Year pages); a treatise on the relationship between man and violence based on the Iliad entitled Perang, Langit dan Dua Perempuan; a collection of short stories based on paintings entitled The Diary of R.S.: Musings on Art; five editions of The Jakarta Good Food Guide; two translations of the works of leading Indonesian poet and essayist Goenawan Mohamad, Selected Poems and On God and Other Unfinished Things, and two best-selling novels, Amba and Aruna dan Lidahnya.

Pamuntjak’s first novel Amba, a national bestseller, is a modern take on The Mahabharata, set against the backdrop of the Indonesian mass killings of 1965 and the Buru penal colony. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Khatulistiwa Literary Award and has been translated into English, German and Dutch. The US edition of the English translation, The Question of Red, will be published in July 2016.

The English translation of Pamuntjak’s second novel, Aruna dan Lidahnya, is due for publication in the US in early 2017. It was shortlisted for the 2015 Khatulistiwa Literary Award.

In August 2015, the German translation of Amba, Alle Farben Rot, was Number 1 on the Weltempfaenger List for the best international work of fiction translated into German. It has also appeared on the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's list of 8 Most Important Novels of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015, De Bild's Top 10 Books of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015, and the ORF Kultur (Austria)'s Top 10 List for November 2015.

In 2012, Pamuntjak, who is co-founder of the bilingual Aksara Bookstore, was selected as the Indonesian representative at the Poetry Parnassus/Cultural Olympics, the largest poetry festival in the UK, held in conjunction with the London Olympics. Her prose and poetry have been published in many international journals, including the preface to Not a Muse: A World Poetry Anthology (2008).

Between 2009 and 2011, Pamuntjak, who is a former classical pianist, was a jury/committee member of the Prince Claus Awards, the international prize arm of the renowned art philanthropic organization the Prince Claus Fund based in Amsterdam. She currently divides her time between Berlin and Jakarta.

Works

Novels

Poetry

Short Stories

Philopsohical Essay/Treatise

Food Writing

Translations

Opinion articles in the Guardian

Articles in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Essays and Literary Criticism

Short Stories

External links

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Germany's 2015 Weltempfaenger Best Fiction List

Alle Farben Rot's 2015 ranking in German media

General articles

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