The School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University, is pleased to present a public talk by three renowned writers from Indonesia and China: Linda Christanty, Yudhi Herwibowo and Ouyang Yu. The authors will discuss their latest literary works and activities in the context of current political, social and cultural trends and issues in contemporary Indonesia and China. All welcome!
Date: Monday, 14 May 2012
Time: 1000-1130
Venue: building ORANGE 6.1.8 (Performance Room next to the Indonesian Garden)
About the writers:
Linda Christanty is an Indonesian author and journalist. She has written short story collections, essays and reports, winning several awards for her works. Her latest book (non-fiction), Jangan Tulis Kami Teroris (Don’t Write Us Down As Terrorists) talks about religious, political and sexual issues in Indonesia and Southeast Asian countries.
Yudhi Herwibowo was born in Palembang, South Sumatra and studied architecture at Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. He has won several national literary competitions, and published novels including Lama Fa, Perjalanan Menuju Cahaya, Pandaya Sriwijaya, Untung Surapati, and a collection of his short stories, Mata Air Air Mata Kumari [published also in English as ‘Spring of Kumari Tears’]
Ouyang Yu has published 62 books of poetry, fiction, non- fiction, literary translation and criticism in English and Chinese languages. Award-winning novels include The Eastern Slope Chronicle, The English Class, his translations into Chinese: The Man Who Loved Children and The Fatal Shore, and his collection of poetry, Songs of the Last Chinese Poet.
In organising this event CDU would like to acknowledge the assistance of the Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia, Darwin and the NT Writers' Centre and the WordStorm Festival of Australasian Writing.
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