Full Name
Eka Kurniawan
Speaker Bio
Eka Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia, in 1975. He graduated from Faculty of Philosophy, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, with an advanced essay on Pramoedya Ananta Toer and socialist realism literature that later published as a book in 1999. He published his first novel Beauty is a Wound in 2002, followed by Man Tiger in 2004 and Vengeance is Mine All Others Pay Cash (2014). His latest work available in English translation is a short story collection, Kitchen Curse (2019). In addition to fiction works, he writes literary essay and political opinion in local and foreign media outlets. He recieved Prince Claus Award in 2018. Now he lives in Jakarta.
Eka Kurniawan