Oka Rusmini

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Oka Rusmini
BornIda Ayu Oka Rusmini
Jakarta, Indonesia
OccupationWriter, journalist
Language Indonesian
NationalityIndonesian
EducationLiterature, Udayana University
Period Reform Era Generation (1994–present)
Genre poetry, novel, children's story, short story, essay
Subjectwomen in the Balenese patriarchal society
Notable worksDance of the Earth
Notable awards S.E.A. Write Award (2012), Khatulistiwa Literary Award (2014), etc
SpouseArif Bagus Prasetyo
ChildrenPasha Renaisan

Ida Ayu Oka Rusmini, known as Oka Rusmini, is an Indonesian poet and novelist. She is a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award.

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Biography

She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her writing is characteristic of the condition of women in the patriarchal culture in traditional society. [1] [ better source needed ]

Oka has to her credit collections of short stories, poems and novels. Oka's poem has also been included along with twelve other Balinese contributors in a book entitled Bali Living in Two Worlds, edited by Urs Ramseyer from the Museum der Kulturen Basel in Switzerland. [2]

She has also served as the fashion editor in the Bali Post , the largest local newspaper in Bali. She has been speaking at various national and international literary forums, such as the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali; the Pulpit Poet 21st Century at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta in 1996; ASEAN Writers Writing Program, 1997; International Poetry Festival, Surakarta, 2002 and that in Denpasar, Bali in 2003. She represented Indonesia at the Winternachten Literature Festival in The Hague and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2003, she was invited as a guest author at the University of Hamburg, Germany. [3]

Awards

In 1994, she won the best short story prize for her entry "Putu Menolong Tuhan" in the Femina magazine, which was also translated as "Putu Helps his God" by Vern Cork and included in a book Bali Behind the Seen, published in Australia. In the same magazine, her novel "Sagra" won the prize for the novel category. This was followed by the Horizon literary magazine best short story award for her collection of stories entitled "Pemahat Abad", translated as The Sculptor of the Century, in the period 1999–2000. Her short story "The Century Carver" has been translated into English by Pamela Allen. Poetry Journal awarded her with the best poetry in 2002. In 2003, her novel Tarian Bumi, "Dance of the Earth" was hailed as the "Work Honorees Writing Literature 2003" by the Ministry of Education, Language Centre, Indonesia. [4] The novel has been translated in German and is in process to be translated into English by Lontar Foundation.

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