About the Author
Linda Christanty is an Indonesian author and journalist. Her essay, “Militerisme dan Kekerasan di Timor Leste”, (Militarism and Violence in Timor Leste) won an award for the best essay in 1998. Her collection of short stories, Kuda Terbang Maria Pinto, (Maria Pinto’s Flying Horse), won the Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2004, the most prestigious literary award in Indonesia. She currently lives in Banda Aceh and is the chief editor of Aceh Feature. Email: lindachrista@yahoo.com.
PUBLICATIONS
The Flying Horse of Maria Pinto (fiction), Katakita publishing, Jakarta, 2004
Short story "The Kersen Tree" published in Asia Literary Journal, Hong Kong, 2006
"Tiro’s People", Feature about members of Aceh Free Movement after Helsinki Accord, published in Arena Magazine, Australia, April 1, 2007.
Two short stories (“The Flying Horse of Maria Pinto” and “The Fourth Grave”) published in Indonesia journal, volume 83, April 2007. The English language journal is published by Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program.
TERRA : a bilingual anthology from Wordstorm, the NT Writers' Festival, Australia, 2007
A section describing post conflict and post tsunami in Aceh out of my last novel Sultan’s Stick, was performed as a theatrical drama at the World P.E.N. Forum on 24 February 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.
A section of my last novel Sultan’s Stick published in Subaru, literature magazine in Japan, April 2008.
Short story, “Makan Malam” will be used by NSW (New South Wales, Australia) schools as part of the 2009-2013 Higher School Certificate Indonesian Course support materials.
Anthology of Narrative Journalism (non-fiction), KPG publishing, Jakarta, 2008.
From Java to Atjeh (non-fiction), Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Jakarta, 2009.
Multiple human interest articles and fiction stories published in Indonesia media (Tempo magazine, Koran Tempo newspaper, Kompas newspaper, Serambi Indonesia newspaper, and Modus Aceh tabloid).
PRESENTATIONS
Asia Pacific Youth Forum 2005 (for Asia Pacific Young Leader) in Okinawa, Japan, 2005. Presentation on “Terrorism and Islam”
Wordstorm Festival (literary festival) in Darwin, Australia, “Indonesian Literature after Dictatorship”, June 2005
Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne Australia, “Women Authors in Indonesian Literature”, August 2005
Ubud Writers Festival, Ubud, Bali, “Indonesian Mythology”, October 2006
Japan P.E.N Club Symposium on “Disaster and Literature”, November 2006
Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival (Panel presentation on “Islam and the Modern World” with Fatima Bhutto, Ziauddin Sardar, and Isa Kamari. February 2008
"Celebration of Indonesia 10 years After Soeharto", Berlin, Germany; Invited by Frederich Ebert Stiftung and Watch Indonesia!, May 2008
Winternachten and Morocco P.E.N Club in Kenitra, Morocco, "Process of Freedom" (on Freedom of Expression and Literature), June 2009.
ACHIEVEMENTS
"Best Short Story" award from Kompas newspaper for short story, “The Dry Leaves”, 1989.
"Best Essay of Human Rights" for “Militarism and Violence in East Timor", 1998.
"Khatulistiwa Literary Award" for the best in fiction book category The Flying Horse of Maria Pinto, 2004.
Linda Christanty is an author and journalist. Her essay Militerisme dan Kekerasan di Timor Leste (Militarism and Violence in Timor Leste) won a Human Rights Award for Best Essay in 1998. Her collection of short stories, Kuda Terbang Maria Pinto (Maria Pinto's Flying Horse), won the Khatulistiwa Literary Award in 2004. Linda's novel Tongkat Sultan (Sultan's Stick) addressed the 30-year conflict in Aceh, and socio-political status of the post-Tsunami Aceh peace process that followed. From Java to Atjeh, her latest book (non-fiction), talks about syaria law, political conflict, ethnic nationalism and homosexuality. Linda is now living in Banda Aceh, Aceh province. She is chief editor of Aceh Feature.
