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Pendidikan akhir Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Dri-yarkara (tidak selesai). Buku yang pernah terbit:
- Abad Yang Berlari, 1984 (mendapat penghargaan Hadiah Buku Sastra Dewan Kesenian Jakarta, 1984)
- Yang Berdiam Dalam Mikropon, 1990;
- Arsitektur Hujan, 1995 (mendapat penghargaan dari Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebu-dayaan RI, 1996).
- Biography of Reading, 1995.
- Kalung dari Teman
- Museum Penghancur Dokumen, 2013 Karya yang terbit dalam antologi bersama:
- Perdebatan Sastra Kontekstual (Ariel Heryanto, 1986);
- Tonggak Puisi Indonesia Modern 4 (Linus Suryadi, 1987);
- Cerpen-cerpen Nusantara Mutakhir (Suratman Markasan, Kuala Lumpur, 1991);
- Dinamika Budaya dan Politik (Fauzie Ridjal, 1991);
- Traum der Freiheit Indonesien 50 jahre nach der Unabhangigkeit (Hendra Pasuhuk & Edith Koesoemawiria, Köln, 1995).
- Ketika Warna Ketika Kata (Taufiq Ismail, et.all, 1995);
- Pistol Perdamaian
- Cerpen Pilihan Kompas 1996;
- dalam Frontiers of World Literature (Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, Tokyo, 1997)
- dalam bahasa Jepang; jurnal Cornell University (Indonesia, Ithaca, Oktober, 1996);
- dan Anjing-anjing Memburu Kuburan, Cerpen Pilihan Kompas 1997. Penghargaan lain yang pernah diperoleh:
- Kincir Perunggu untuk naskah monolog dari Radio Neder-land Wereldomroep, 1981.
- Republika Award untuk esei dalam Senimania Republika harian Republika, 1994.
- Dan esei majalah Sastra Horison, 1997.
Seno Gumira Ajidarma is a writer, photographer, and also a film critic. He writes short stories, novel, even comic book. He has won numerous national and regional awards as a short-story writer. Also a journalist, he serves as editor of the popular weekly illustrated magazine Jakarta-Jakarta. His piece in this issue is an excerpt from his novel "Jazz, Parfum dan Insiden", published by Yayasan Bentang Budaya in 1996. Mailing-list Seno Gumira fans: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/senogum...
Kuntowijoyo was born at Sanden, Bantul, Yogyakarta. He graduated from UGM as historian and received his post-graduated at American History by The University of Connecticut in year 1974, and gained his Ph.D. of history from Columbia University in year 1980. His father was a puppet master (dalang) and he lived under deep religious and art circumstances. He easily fond of art and writings and became a good friend of Arifin C. Noer, Syu'bah Asa, Ikranegara, Chaerul Umam, and Salim Said. His first work was "Kereta Api yang Berangkat Pagi Hari".
Mulai menulis cerita pendek pada pertengahan tahun 1993. Karya-karyanya disiarkan di beberapa media massa; di antaranya majalah Horison, Matra, Basis, Jurnal Kebudayaan Kalam, Bahana (Brunei Darussalam), serta harian Kompas, Republika, Media Indonesia, Suara Pembaruan, The Jakarta Post, Pikiran Rakyat, Jawa Pos, Bernas, dan lain sebagainya. Karyanya dalam bentuk antologi adalah: Lampor (Kompas, 1994), Guru Tarno (Bigraf, 1995), Negeri Bayang Bayang (DKS, 1996), Candramawa (Pustaka Nusatama, 1996), Pistol Perdamaian (Kompas, 1996), Gerbong (Pustaka Pelajar, 1998), Aceh Mendesah dalam Nafasku (KaSUHA, Banda Aceh, 1999), dan Embun Tajjali (AksaraIndonesia, 2000); sedangkan esainya dalam antologi Begini Begini Begitu (Pustaka Pelajar, 1997). Kumpulan Cerita Pendek tunggalnya, Kali Mati (1999), Kastil Angin Menderu (2000), Air Kaldera (2000), dan Malaikat Tak Datang Malam Hari (2004). Kini menetap di Jogjakarta, menulis dan melukis.
Ali Akbar Navis was a journalist and potential writer. He was a full time writer for Sripo and writes so many stories. His famous books was “Robohnya Surau Kami” which became a monumental work for Indonesian literature. His last work is "Simarandang" a social-culture journal which been published on April 2003. A.A. Navis passed away at age 79.
