Putu Oka Sukanta

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Putu Oka Sukanta
BornPutu Oka Sukanta
(1939-07-29) 29 July 1939 (age 84)
Singaraja, Bali, Dutch East Indies
Occupationwriter, journalist, practitioner
LanguageIndonesian
Nationality Indonesia
Period1955–present
Genrepoetry,
nonfiction
SubjectBali and others
Literary movement66
Notable worksLuh Galuh
Notable awardsHellmann/Hammett Grant Award (2012)

Putu Oka Sukanta (born 29 July 1939 in

novels while still in Bali and after he moved to Yogyakarta and Jakarta.[1][2]
From 1966, during the
LEKRA.[3] After his release in 1976, he has come to be known as a writer, journalist and an expert in the field of traditional medicine.[4]

Biography

Putu Oka Sukanta started writing at age 16. He actively wrote

novels and children's stories while in his native Bali before moving to Yogyakarta and Jakarta
. In 1966, in the crackdown following the
LEKRA. The years 1965 and ’66 were tumultuous ones in Indonesian history. [citation needed] A high school teacher, he had been dismissed from his job before his arrest. He spent the next 10 years behind bars with no idea of how long he would be there.[citation needed
]

After his release in 1976, he continued to have difficulty publishing due to surveillance and censorship. Some of his texts were not available in Indonesia but in Germany and Australia, contributing to his reputation abroad but not at home.[3]

In 1982 and 1983, Putu had an opportunity to attend the Popular Theatre Workshop in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.[1][2]

Some of his works are published in foreign languages. He is also a contributing editor and a senior staff member of an alternative magazines. They are also available in Indonesian Progressive Contemporary Poetry (Indonesia, 1963), The Prison Where I Live (London, 1996), Voice of Consciences (USA, 1995), Bali Behind The Seen (Australia, 1997), Black Cloud Over Paradise Isle (USA, 1997), Manageri IV (Indonesia, 1998), and Silenced Voices (Hawaii, 2000).[4]

He is also the producer of many documentary films, one of which portrays the social impact of the tragic events of 1965 when hundreds of thousands of Indonesians fell victim to nationwide massacres.[5]

Besides being known as a writer, he acquired expertise in the field of traditional medicine. During the time being captured in Salemba jail, Putu studied

Traditional Medicine
in Indonesia. He was married to Endah Lasmadiwati in 1987. In 1990, he was put back in jail due to his efforts to teach traditional medicine on the people suspected by the government. Throughout the New Order regime, he was never released from surveillance even while abroad. After his release from prison, Putu and his wife continued to gather herbs grown in Indonesia for their foundation. His expertise in acupuncture and herbs has taken him around the world in 23 countries. Now Putu Oka Sukanta to the Central Executive of the Association of Indonesian Naturopath
AIDS.[4]

Publications

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 979-666-358-9
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 979-9251-78-8
    .
  3. ^ a b "Living Memory of The Torture Years - Jakarta Globe". 2 July 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Sniman Sastra Putu Oka Sukanta" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Workshop Film screenings Indonesia and the 1965 tragedy". 15 September 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

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