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Danarto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-06-27 (Sragen, Central Java, Indonesia)
Died
2018-04-10 (Jakarta) age 76
Nationality
Indonesian
Languages
Indonesian
Religion
Sufism
Residence History
Sragen → Yogyakarta → Jakarta

Career

Occupations
Artist, writer, painter, theater-director, stage-designer, poet
Active Years
1958-2018
Affiliations
Taman Ismail Marzuki, Academy of Fine Arts LPKJ (now IKJ) Jakarta, Sanggarbambu
Memberships
Sanggarbambu

Education

Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta
Fine Arts
Period: 1958-1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: Indonesia
SMK Margoyudan
Country: Indonesia
SMP Nasional Sragen
Country: Indonesia
SR Sragen
Country: Indonesia

Awards

Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition
1982
Work: Adam Ma'rifat
Category: short story
Organization: Dewan Kesenian Jakarta
Result: 受賞
Buku Utama Prize
1982
Work: Adam Ma'rifat
Category: Best Fiction
Result: 受賞
Buku Utama Prize
1987
Work: Berhala
Category: Best Fiction
Result: 受賞
S.E.A. Write Award
1988
Result: 受賞
Language Development and Fostering Agency
1990
Work: Berhala
Category: short story compilation
Organization: Language Development and Fostering Agency
Result: 受賞
Kompas Lifetime Achievement Award
2008
Organization: Kompas
Result: 受賞
Ahmad Bakrie Award
2009
Category: literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Godlob

1975 Short stories

Collection of 9 short stories

Mysticism
Translations
  • Abracadabra (translated by Harry Aveling)

Bibliography

  • Godlob (1975)
  • Abracadabra (1978, English)
  • Orang Jawa naik haji (1984)
  • A Javanese pilgrim in Mecca (1989, English)
  • Abracadabra (2001, English re-edition)

Translations of Works

  • English translations by Harry Aveling

Style & Themes

Literary Style
RealismConcrete poetryMagic realismTasawwufSufism
Recurring Motifs
MysticismJavanese culture

Legacy

Indonesian writer and artist known for his short stories, pioneer of magic realism.

Trivia

  • Father was a sugar factory foreman, mother was a small batik trader.