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name: Oka Rusmini
about: Oka Rusmini was born in Jakarta, July 11, 1967. She lives in Denpasar, Bali. She writes poetry, novel, and short story. Her published works are Monolog Pohon (1997), Tarian Bumi (2000), Sagra (2001), Kenanga (2003), Patiwangi (2003), Warna Kita (2007), Pandora (2008), Tempurung (2010), Akar Pule (2012), Saiban (2014).Her novel Tarian Bumi has been translated into foreign languages: Erdentanz (Deutsch edition, 2007), Jordens Dans (Svenska edition, 2009), Earth Dance (English edition, 2011), and La danza della terra (Italian edition, 2015).In the year 2002, she received the Best Poetry Award from Poetry Journal. In 2003, The Language Centre, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia, gave her the Literary Appreciation Award of Litera Oka Rusmini was born in Jakarta, July 11, 1967. She lives in Denpasar, Bali. She writes poetry, novel, and short story. Her published works are Monolog Pohon (1997), Tarian Bumi (2000), Sagra (2001), Kenanga (2003), Patiwangi (2003), Warna Kita (2007), Pandora (2008), Tempurung (2010), Akar Pule (2012), Saiban (2014).Her novel Tarian Bumi has been translated into foreign languages: Erdentanz (Deutsch edition, 2007), Jordens Dans (Svenska edition, 2009), Earth Dance (English edition, 2011), and La danza della terra (Italian edition, 2015).In the year 2002, she received the Best Poetry Award from Poetry Journal. In 2003, The Language Centre, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia, gave her the Literary Appreciation Award of Literary Works for her novel Tarian Bumi. In 2012, she received the Literary Appreciation Award from the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Indonesia, and the South East Asian Write Award, Bangkok, Thailand, for her novel Tempurung. Her book of poems Saiban (2014) won the national literary award, “Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa 2013-2014”. She was invited to national and international events, such as Literary Festival Winternachten in Den Haag, Amsterdam, Netherland (2003), Singapore Writer Festival (2011), and OZ Festival, Adelaide, Australia (2013). She was also invited as guest writer in Hamburg University Germany (2003). Oka Rusmini can be contacted atTwitter: @okarusEmail : tarianbumi@yahoo.com.Facebook Page: oka rusmini ...more