Kill the Radio (Visible Poets) (English and Indonesian Edition) - Softcover

Dorothea Rosa Herliany

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904614116 ISBN 13: 9781904614111

Publisher: Arc Publications, 2007

Synopsis

The Indonesian critic, Dami Toda, describes Herliany's writing as revealing "a struggle to understand human experience in all its reality - not as an ideal but as a fact that displays profound suffering and hurt, without, apparently, any hope of redemption." In her introduction to this book, the British poet Linda France "The energy and violence expressed in the title of this collection run through the work like a ruptured vein, fragile and vulnerable, but necessary for survival. Underneath this troubled surface, there is so much tenderness and openness, in shocking contrast to the 'Other', represented by the world of politics and war, that the speaker of the poems is aware she is in danger of annihilation." Another poet, Annie Kantar, is equally "Herliany's poetry is intent upon opposing personal and political oppression. She does not attempt to mend, her poetry does not offer a vision of a final Utopia. Instead, it takes the first step towards change by waking, inciting, shattering."

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About the Author

Dorothea Rosa Herliany (author) was born in Magelang, Central Java in 1963. After graduating from the Indonesian Language and Literature Faculty of Sanata Dharma Catholic University in Yogyakarta, she worked for several years as a journalist and freelance writer. Beside poetry, she has also written short stories, essays, and art and drama criticism. Her writings have been published by the major magazines and newspapers in Indonesia. Her books include Nyanyian Gaduh (Noisy songs), Matahari yang Mengalir (The Sun Flows like a River, 1990), Kepompong Sunyi (The Lonely Cocoon, 1993), Nikah Ilalang (Married to the Grass, 1995), Blencong (Oil Lamp, 1995), Karikatur dan Sepotong Cinta (Caricatures and a Slice of Love, 1996), Mimpi Gugur Daun Zaitun (Dreams of Falling Olive Leaves, 1999), Kill the Radio: Sebuah Radio Kumatikan (2001), Life Sentences: Selected Poems (2004) and Santa Rosa / Saint Rosa (2005). The volume Saint Rosa received the prestigious Khatulistiwa Literary Award for Poetry in November 2006. Currently she resides in a small village near Magelang, where she is Director of IndonesiaTera, a non-profit organisation working in the area of social and cultural research, publication, documentation, and the development of information networks relating to culture, education, and social awareness. Harry Aveling (translator)was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1942. A long time member of the Department of Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, he has also taught at various universities in Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia. He has recently served as Visiting Professor of Translation Studies at the University of Indonesia, and as Visiting Professor of Linguistics and Southeast Asian Studies at Ohio University. Translator of over fifty volumes of Indonesian and Malay Literature, he was awarded the Anugerah Pengembangan Sastra in Kuala Lumpur in 1991, for his contributions to the international recognition of these two literatures. His recent works include Secrets Need Words: Indonesian Poetry 1966-1998 (2001), Life Sentences (2004) and Saint Rosa (2005). His co-translations of eighteenth-century devotional Hindi poetry include The Brightness of Simplicity by Sahajo Bai (2001, with Sudha Joshi) and The Songs of Daya Bai (2005, with Peter Friedlander). Linda France (introducer)lives close to Hadrian's Wall at Stagshaw, Northumberland. She has a family connection with Wallsend, which she also explored. Her work appears regularly on radio and television. She gives regular readings in the UK and abroad, and teaches creative writing with Adult Education and community groups. She has had five collections of poetry published by Bloodaxe Books, and has been involved in several text-based Public-Art commissions in the North East.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arc Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904614116
• ISBN 13: 9781904614111
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140