Bagi Neta, Mama adalah teman curhat dan partner belanja paling asyik. Sementara Peter, teman sekelas Ken yang sering dijuluki sebagai Anak Mami, dengan mata mengristal bercerita, "Punya Mami itu spesial, Ken. Pelukan Mami paling oke, tempat paling hangat paling..." Ketika Peter kehilangan kata-kata, Ken merasa rindunya terhadap ibu semakin membukit. Seandainya saja ia terlahir sebagai seorang peri. Dua kepak sayap keemasan menopang tubuh mungil melayari langit tiap matahari terbit. Menuju rindu hingga langit ketujuh. Rindu. Sangat rindu Tapi bagaimana mengeja rindu kepada yang sudah tiada? Mereka bilang ibunya meninggal ketika Ken masih berusia satu tahun. Mereka juga bilang, ibunya cuma masa lalu. Mungkin karena itu tak satu pun pertanyaan Ken diangap penting untuk dijawab. Bagaimana ibu meninggal? Di belahan mana bumi mendekapnya? Sebab mereka, dengan cara yang sempurna, telah memutus semua jejak, hingga tak ada lagi yang bisa dikenang. Ken sedih, frustrasi. Setiap malam harus melukis wajah Ibu dalam kanvas imajinasi, dalam khayal dan mimpi-mimpi. Seandainya saja terlahir sebagai seorang Peri, mungkin ia bisa memilih dongeng yang lebih indah. Tapi Ken bukan peri.
Author
Asma Nadia Education: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB, 1991) Home FAX: +622177820859 email: asma.nadia@gmail.com Working Experiences: I was working as a CEO of Fatahillah Bina Alfikri Publications, and Lingkar Pena Publishing House, before starting AsmaNadia Publishing House (2008) Writing residencies: in South Korea, held by Korean literature translation institute (2006) & and in Switzerland held by Le Chateau de Lavigny (2009) Writing Workshop:
- Conducting a creative writing (novel), Held by Republika News Paper, 2011
- Writing workshop instructor for (novel) participants from Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, held by South East Asia Literary Council (MASTERA), July, 2011
- Conduct a writing workshop for Indonesia Migrant Workers in Hongkong (2004,2008, 2011), and for Indonesian students in Cairo, Egypt (2001, 2008), and University of Malaysia.
- Giving a creative writing workshop for Indonesian’s students in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto (November 2009).
- Giving writing workshop in Manchester; Indonesia Permanent Mission in Geneve; Indonesian Embassy in Rome, and for Indonesian students in Berlin (2009)
- Held a writing workshop with Caroline Phillips, a Germany writer, in World Book Day 2008 Performance:
- Performing two poems for educational dvd (Indonesian Language Center) 2011.
- Public reading: (poem) in welcoming Palestine’s writers in Seoul, 2006;
- Public reading short story in Geneve 2009, Performing monologue in Mizan Publishing Anniversary 2008, Ode Kampung Gathering in Rumah Dunia, etc.
Awards and honors:
- Istana Kedua (The Second Palace), the best Islamic Indonesia novel, 2008
- Derai Sunyi (Silent Tear, a novel), won a prize from MASTERA (South East Asia Literary Council), as the best participant in 10 years MASTERA, 2005.
- PREH (A Waiting), play writing published by The Jakarta Art Council, honored as the best script in Indonesian’s Women Playwrights 2005
- Mizan Award for the best fiction writer in 20 Years Mizan (one of Indonesian’s biggest publishers)
- Asma Nadia profile was put as one of the 100 distinguished women publishers, writers and researchers in Indonesia, compiled by well-known literary critic Korrie Layun Rampan, 2001.
- Rembulan di Mata Ibu (The Moon in the Mother’s Eye, short stories collection), won the Adikarya IKAPI (The Indonesian Book Publishers Association) Award, 2001
- Dialog Dua Layar (Two Screen’s Dialogue, a short story collection), won the Adikarya IKAPI (The Indonesian Book Publishers Association) Award, 2002
- 101 Dating, a novel, won the Adikarya IKAPI Award, 2005
- The most influential writer 2010, awarded by Republika News Paper
- BISA Award for helping Indonesia Migrants Workers who wants to be writers (held by Be Indonesia Smart and Active Hongkong)
- Super Woman MAG Award 2010
- One of ten most mompreneurship 2010, by Parents Guide Magazine Summary of translations of work into other languages:
- Abang Apa Salahku (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2009)
- Di dunia ada surga (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2009)
- Anggun (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2010)
- Cinta di hujung sejadah (published by PTS Millennia SDN.BHD 2011)
- Ammanige Haj Bayake (Emak Longs to Take The hajj), NAVAKARNATAKA PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD, 2010 (in south indian language/Kannada)
