Ratih Kumala

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Ratih Kumala (* 1980 in Jakarta ) is an Indonesian author .

She studied English literature at the Sebelas Maret University in Surakarta. So far, four novels and a short story collection have been published by her. She also writes scripts for Indonesian television and feature films. Her novel Gadis Kretek (2012) was published by CulturBooks at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 under the German title Das Zigarettenmädchen , translated by Hiltrud Cordes. For the novel, the author has processed part of her own family history in literary terms, as she tells in an interview. Kumala is married to the author Eka Kurniawan. They have a daughter together.

Works

  • Tabula Rasa , novel, 2004
  • Genesis , Roman, 2005
  • Larutan Senja , short stories, 2006
  • Kronik Betawi , novel, 2009
  • Gadis Kretek , Roman, 2012 (Short-list Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2012), German The Cigarette Girl , CulturBooks Verlag, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://ratihkumala.com/about
  2. ↑ http://www.gramediainternational.com/book/detail/9789792281415  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gramediainternational.com  
  3. ↑ http://www.culturbooks.de/portfolio/ratih-kumala-das-zigarettenmaedchen-roman/
  4. ↑ https://culturbooks.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/ratih-kumala-das-zigarettenmaedchen/
personal data
SURNAME Kumala, Ratih
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indonesian author
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Jakarta