Leila Chudori

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Chudori in 2012

Leila Salikha Chudori (born December 12, 1962) is an Indonesian journalist and writer. [1] She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020. [2] Together with her daughter Rain Chudori, Chudori founded Peron House [3] publishing company, which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023.

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Biography

Leila Salikha Chudori was born December 12, 1962, in Jakarta and grew up there. She is the daughter of Muhammad Chudori. [4] She studied at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, graduating in 1988. She worked for the magazines Jakarta Jakarta and Tempo ; the second magazine was banned [5] by the New Order regime of President Suharto in 1994. [6]

Her first stories were published in children's magazines Si Kuncung, Kawanku and Hai when she was only 12. [1] Chudori later wrote scripts for the television series Dunia Tanpa Koma. She received an award for best television scriptwriter at the 2007 Bandung Film Festival. [7] She also wrote the script for the 2008 film Drupadi. In 2009, she published a collection of stories 9 dari Nadira. [1]

Her daughter Rain Chudori also writes short stories. [7]

Selected works

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  2. 1 2 Partogi, Sebastian (June 28, 2020). "Leila S. Chudori: Weaving family drama into political saga". The Jakarta Post .
  3. "Peron House Debut: Bridging Literary Heritage and Innovation". Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.
  4. "Senior journalist and 'Post' founder dies". Jakarta Post. March 24, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 64–65. ISBN   0415159806.
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  7. 1 2 "Paris vu de Jakarta" (PDF). Association franco-indonésienne Pasar Malam. October 13, 2014.(in French)
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