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Surat dari Pejompongan: Serem
Serem Saudara Anu, Untuk memahami bagaimana siasat terhadap realisme berlangsung dalam prosa Indonesia, ada baiknya kita membaca lagi karya-karya Rijono Pratikto—sebelum kita sampai pada yang canggih-canggih. Mungkin hari ini banyak dari kita yang tidak mengenal...
In Memoriam
Wikan Satriati 23 June 1975 - 25 April 2021 Wikan, a writer and a colleague at Lontar, passed away recently, and we deeply mourn her loss. In more than a decade of dedication to the translation and publication of books by Indonesian authors, she contributed immensely...
Greetings from the Executive Director: April 2021
First the sad news… We recently lost our friend and colleague Wikan Satriati, who had worked at Lontar for the past 11 years as assistant to the director of publications, managing everything from contracts to book launches. She passed away at her family home in...
Greetings from the Executive Director: December 2020
It’s that time of the year to look back and reflect on what has been achieved during the past 12 months and what remains undone. One thing for sure is that 2020 will forever be remembered both here and elsewhere when well-laid plans went astray as a result of the...
Greetings from the Executive Director: November 2020
November is a time to contemplate the future of the next generation. World Children’s Day falls on November 20 and Indonesians observe National Teachers Day on November 25. The two are intrinsically linked and it would be timely to look at how the education system has...
Greetings from the Executive Director: September 2020
As Covid-19 rages on, the “new normal” forced by the pandemic seems to have taken root in many aspects of our lives. Changed norms and regulations to conform with the disruptive situation have been reluctantly accepted. It is now natural to be scheduling meetings and...