Intan Paramaditha

Intan Paramaditha is an Indonesian author[1] and noted feminist academic.[2] Her work has been described as focusing on "the intersection between gender and sexuality, culture and politics".[3]

Intan Paramaditha's photo in The Guardian interview (2020).

Literary works

Paramaditha's works have been described as "gothic feminist".[4] In 2005, Intan Paramaditha's short-story collection Sihir Perempuan (Black Magic Woman) was shortlisted for the Khatulistiwa Literary Award.[5] In 2010 Intan co-authored horror anthology Kumpulan Budak Setan (The Devil’s Slaves Club) with Eka Kurniawan and Ugoran Prasad,[2] and in 2013 her short story Klub Solidaritas Suami Hilang (The Missing Husbands Solidarity Club) won the Kompas Best Short Story Award.[6]

Her debut novel, Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu (The Wandering: Choose Your Own Red-Shoes Adventure), received a PEN Translates Award from English PEN in 2018,[7] the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant from PEN America,[8] and the Tempo Best Literary Work for Prose Fiction in 2017;[1] it was translated into English by Stephen J. Epstein and published by Harvill Secker in February 2020.[9]

Her short story anthology, Apple and Knife, contains short stories from earlier collections, and was published in English in 2018.[2]

Academic career and research

Paramaditha holds a PhD in cinema studies from New York University.[10] She is now based in Sydney, Australia, and teaches Media and Film Studies at Macquarie University.[11] She previously taught at Sarah Lawrence College[12] and the University of Indonesia.[13]

Paramaditha's research and teaching interests "include feminism, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism, postcolonial studies, and global film, media, and activism".[11] Her academic articles have been published in journals such as Inter-Asia Cultural Studies,[14] Asian Cinema,[15] Visual Anthropology,[16] Film Quarterly,[17] Jump Cut,[18] and Social Identities.[19]

Talks

Intan Paramaditha has spoken at literary events/festivals such as Broadside Feminist Ideas Festival 2019,[20] the Emerging Writer's Festival 2019,[21] the Jakarta International Literary Festival 2019,[22] the London Book Fair 2019,[23] the Singapore Writer's Festival 2018,[24] the Hong Kong International Writer's Festival 2018,[25] the Europalia Arts Festival 2017,[26] and the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015.[27]

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References
  1. "Intan Paramaditha - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  2. "intan paramaditha is the feminist author who scares patriarchy away with her own brand of horror". Globetrotter Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. Lucas, Cat (2019-02-26). "Resistance: Literature as Activism". English PEN. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. "'A FEMINIST REFRAMING: An Interview with Intan Paramaditha' by Norman Erikson Pasaribu". The Lifted Brow. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  5. "Intan Paramaditha". Indonesian Writers. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  6. Post, The Jakarta. "Intan Paramaditha: In between two worlds". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  7. Danek, Theodora (2018-12-18). "PEN Translates autumn 2018 awards announced". English PEN. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  8. "2019 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants". PEN America. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  9. "The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  10. "Intan Paramaditha".
  11. "Intan Paramaditha". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  12. "Intan Paramaditha | Sarah Lawrence College - Academia.edu". slc.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  13. "bio - Intan Paramaditha". www.ejumpcut.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  14. Paramaditha, Intan (2011-12-01). "City and desire in Indonesian cinema". Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 12 (4): 500–512. doi:10.1080/14649373.2011.603915. ISSN 1464-9373.
  15. Paramaditha, Intan (2010-09-01). "Passing and Conversion Narratives: Ayat-Ayat Cinta and Muslim Performativity in Contemporary Indonesia". www.ingentaconnect.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  16. Paramaditha, Intan (2018-03-15). "Q! Film Festival as Cultural Activism: Strategic Cinephilia and the Expansion of a Queer Counterpublic". Visual Anthropology. 31 (1–2): 74–92. doi:10.1080/08949468.2018.1428015. ISSN 0894-9468.
  17. "Winter 2013: Volume 67, Number 2". Film Quarterly. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  18. "Women in "Pasir Berbisik" by Intan Paramaditha". www.ejumpcut.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  19. Paramaditha, Intan (2019-07-04). "Narratives of discovery: Joshua Oppenheimer's films on Indonesia's 1965 mass killings and the global human rights discourse". Social Identities. 25 (4): 512–522. doi:10.1080/13504630.2018.1514157. ISSN 1350-4630.
  20. "Event – Intan Paramaditha". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  21. "Between the Covers". Emerging Writers' Festival. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  22. "Reading Night #4 | Jakarta International Literary Festival". JILF | Jakarta International Literary Festival. 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  23. "Feminist Fairy Tales - 2019 Programme - The London Book Fair". www.londonbookfair.co.uk. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  24. "Singapore Writers Festival 2018". Arts Republic | Arts Events Singapore. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  25. "Rewriting the female narrative". chinadailyhk. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  26. Crew, Sarah (2017-10-09). "Europalia Indonesia: Festival opens with a four-month programme of culture". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  27. "spinner of darkness and other tales by intan paramaditha". Book Punks. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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