Akhir-akhir ini Icha, salah satu sahabat Aisyah Putri, ribut banget soal pacaran. Boleh nggak sih dalam Islam? Ups, bukannya pacaran sering bikin emosi terganggu. Bikin resah kalau dia nggak SMS, nggak nelepon, nggak naruh status ‘jadian’ di Facebook, atau lama nggak kirim-kirim email misalnya… . Tapi Icha masih aja ngotot. Memangnya apa sih manfaat pacaran? Pacaran tuh biar ada tempat ngobrol, curhat, terus bantuin kalau ada masalah. Aisyah, Kenapa nggak ke Guru BP, aja atau ke psikolog kalau gitu? Pacaran biar ada yang nganterin ke sana ke mari, dong! Aisyah, Hihihi, ini pacar apa tukang ojek, ya? By the way, anyway, busway… masih panjang obrolan Icha VS Aisyah en Retno, Elisa dan Linda… yang terakhir cewek bertubuh besar yang merasa mengerti bahasa…um… binatang? Oh, no! Maksud Linda… dia sangat yakin bisa mengerti bahasa … seluruh bakwan gorengan Ibu Kantin! “Whaaat?” “Yup…trust me. They call me all the time!” Jadi, itu alasan Linda sering ke kantin. Bukan karena dia suka makan… oh, jangan salah! Tapi karena hati kecil Linda nggak pernah tega mendengar jeritan bakwan-bakwan di kantin yang selalu memanggil-manggilnya, dalam ratapan melebihi anak tiri. “Mami Linda… Mamiiii… Mami Lindaaaa…”
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)
