Leila Chudori

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Leila S. Chudori
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Chudori in 2012

Leila Salikha Chudori (born December 12, 1962) is an Indonesian journalist and writer.[1] She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020.[2] Together with her daughter Rain Chudori, Chudori founded Peron House[3] publishing company, which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023.

Biography

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Leila Salikha Chudori was born December 12, 1962, in Jakarta and grew up there. She is the daughter of Muhammad Chudori.[4] She studied at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, graduating in 1988. She worked for the magazines Jakarta Jakarta and Tempo; the second magazine was banned[5] by the New Order regime of President Suharto in 1994.[6]

Her first stories were published in children's magazines Si Kuncung, Kawanku and Hai when she was only 12.[1] Chudori later wrote scripts for the television series Dunia Tanpa Koma. She received an award for best television scriptwriter at the 2007 Bandung Film Festival.[7] She also wrote the script for the 2008 film Drupadi. In 2009, she published a collection of stories 9 dari Nadira.[1]

Her daughter Rain Chudori also writes short stories.[7]

Selected works

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  • Malam Terakhir (The Last Night), short stories (1989)[5]
  • 9 Dari Nadira, short stories (2009)[8]
  • Pulang, novel (2012),[9] awarded the Khatulistiwa Literary Award;[6] translated by John H. McGlynn as Home (Deep Vellum, 2015; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
  • Laut Bercerita, novel (2018), 2020 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner;[2] translated by John H. McGlynn as The Sea Speaks His Name (Penguin Books, 2020; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).

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