Mak ingin kubawa kau pada rumah mimpimu yang dari dalamnya terpancar keindahan Ilahi dan berjuta tanda kebesaran-Nya Tapi Mak tanganku terlalu lemah dan daya yang kupunya seperti hembusan angin melintas celah batu karang Mak rumah mimpimu entah kapan kupersembahkan tapi ia selalu ada dalam doaku ——— (100% royalti dipersembahkan untuk membantu memenuhi mimpi ke tanah suci, bagi saleh dan salehah yang kurang mampu. Membeli buku ini, berarti bersama-sama membantu mewujudkan mimpi mereka) Endorsement: Saya tidak malu mengakui kalau cerita ini membuat saya menangis! Dan langsung menggerakkan saya untuk segera mewujudkannya dalam film layar lebar." -Aditya Gumay Emak Ingin Naik Haji adalah sebuah cerita sederhana yang membuat kita menyadari arti penting sebuah perjuangan hidup, dan membuat saya semakin mengagumi dan mencintai sosok ibu. - Reza Rahadian, Pemeran Zein, Aktor Hasrat Emak yang begitu mendalam, sesungguhnya telah mengantar jiwa Emak ke Tanah Suci. Putranya adalah renungan tegas, tentang niat baik yang tidak boleh dinodai dengan laku melanggar iman/hukum. Akibatnya bukan tak mungkin Emak akan merasa bersalah. Pikiran ini yang menteror saya setelah membaca cerpen Emak. Cerpen yang baik adalah sebuah teka-teki batin. - Putu Wijaya Karya-karya Asma Nadia tidak sekedar menyuguhkan kenikmatan estetik, tetapi juga memancarkan penyadaran, betapa hidup ini begitu indah dan penuh makna jika ditaburi sikap toleran, peduli pada sesama makhluk, dan tidak kikir berbagi cinta pada kebenaran dan kemanusiaan.-Maman S. Mahayana. Yang Paling Menarik dari Asma Nadia Adalah: Kepekaan sosial yang terus diasahnya dengan semangat mencari sehingga dapat menangkap ekspresi-ekspresi kehidupan dengan cukup jeli, lancar, lugas, membumi... bisa menyentuh harap dan haru pembacanya.-Niniek L. Karim
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)
