Macquarie University Sarah Lawrence College University of Indonesia
Notable works
Apple and Knife;The Wandering
Intan Paramaditha is an Indonesian author[1] and noted feminist academic.[2] Her work has been described as focusing on "the intersection between gender and sexuality,culture and politics".[3]
Paramaditha's works have been described as "gothic feminist".[4] In 2005,Intan Paramaditha's short-story collection Sihir Perempuan (Black Magic Woman) was shortlisted for the Khatulistiwa Literary Award.[5] In 2010 Intan co-authored horror anthology Kumpulan Budak Setan (The Devil’s Slaves Club) with Eka Kurniawan and Ugoran Prasad,[2] and in 2013 her short story Klub Solidaritas Suami Hilang (The Missing Husbands Solidarity Club) won the Kompas Best Short Story Award.[6]
Her debut novel,Gentayangan:Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu (The Wandering:Choose Your Own Red-Shoes Adventure),received a PEN Translates Award from English PEN in 2018,[7] the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant from PEN America,[8] and the Tempo Best Literary Work for Prose Fiction in 2017;[1] it was translated into English by Stephen J. Epstein and published by Harvill Secker in February 2020.[9]The Wandering was longlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize.[10]
Her short story anthology,Apple and Knife,contains short stories from earlier collections,and was published in English in 2018.[2]
Paramaditha's essay,"On the Complicated Questions Around Writing About Travel," was selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2021.[11]
Intan Paramaditha has spoken at literary events/festivals such as Broadside Feminist Ideas Festival 2019,[23] the Emerging Writer's Festival 2019,[24] the Jakarta International Literary Festival 2019,[25] the London Book Fair 2019,[26] the Singapore Writer's Festival 2018,[27] the Hong Kong International Writer's Festival 2018,[28] the Europalia Arts Festival 2017,[29] the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015[30] and the Kraków Conrad Festival 2023.[31]
↑Paramaditha, Intan (2018-03-15). "Q! Film Festival as Cultural Activism: Strategic Cinephilia and the Expansion of a Queer Counterpublic". Visual Anthropology. 31 (1–2): 74–92. doi:10.1080/08949468.2018.1428015. ISSN0894-9468. S2CID149675252.
↑Paramaditha, Intan (2019-07-04). "Narratives of discovery: Joshua Oppenheimer's films on Indonesia's 1965 mass killings and the global human rights discourse". Social Identities. 25 (4): 512–522. doi:10.1080/13504630.2018.1514157. ISSN1350-4630. S2CID149515769.
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