A number of influential and critical writers from Southeast Asia will be present at the ASEAN Literary Festival 2017 literary performance which will be held in the Old Town area, Jakarta, 3-6 August 2017. This festival coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of ASEAN.
The two most recent names are Malaysian writer Faisal Tehrani, whose book is prohibited to be circulated in his own country. There is also the author of the Fatherland who has just won the best short story award Kompas, Martin Aleida.
'Faisal will open the ALF to give public lectures about democracy, freedom of expression and literature in Southeast Asia in Fatahillah Square, the Old Town, the historic' said Program Director ALF, Okky Madasari, Wednesday (07/05/2017).
Speech Faisal could not be separated from his experience as the author of six works are prohibited circulated in the negeri jiran even though he never won the Prize Literature Utusan Malaysia-Exxon Mobil in 2002 through his novel '1515'. Faisal also received the National Book Prize in 2005 category either.
work Faisal '1515' is then used for a lecture on Malay Studies program at the University of Cologne, Germany, and translated and republished by the Malaysian Institute of Translation and Books in 2011.
Professor Emeritus Dr Salleh Yaapar of Universiti Sains Malaysia praised the novel as a rediscovery The identity and history of the Malay, whose work is also the only contemporary novel by a Malaysian writer who entered Ensik Lopedia Novel (Blackwell, 2011).
Together Faisal will also attend the Director General of Culture Ministry of Education and Culture Hilmar Farid. Hilmar will deliver a speech about the effort to unite Southeast Asia through literature.
Meanwhile, journalist and author Arswendo Atmowiloto will be present to respond to the latest issue in the homeland, namely religious blasphemy. Arswendo has been jailed for religious defamation after conducting surveys for the Monitor tabloids.
'Other themes raised is populism and radicalism. We present a journalist and author who has been poor across the region, Michael Vatikiotis. She's been decades studying Indonesia and the region. His latest book is also about a religious conflict,' said Okky.
Michael is the Regional Director of Asia at the Center of Humanitarian Dialogue, formerly BBC Correspondent and Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, and has been a writer and journalist in Asia for the last 30.
Michael has lived in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong He is the author of Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia (2017) and two other books on politics in Southeast Asia, as well as two novels in Indonesia: 'The Spice Garden' (2004) and 'The Painter Of Lost Souls' (2012) Michael graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and earned his doctorate from Oxford University
Old Town Jakarta
In contrast to Un-previous year, a literary festival which was followed by writers from 10 ASEAN countries and tens of others from more than 20 countries on five continents will be held in the Old Town area. ALF will utilize historic old buildings in Jakarta as a venue for discussions and exhibitions such as postal buildings, trade creations, ceramics museums, and wayang museums.
In recent years, Kota Tua has indeed been renovated by the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta. In addition to being a historical area, this place is also a tourist area.
Okey said, people inside and outside Jakarta enough to make this place as a favorite tourist destination. This predicate will benefit the organization of the ALF who want to get closer to the crowd, where the common people gather.
This year ALF takes the theme of 'Beyond Imagination' and is held to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the founding of ASEAN. Activities that will be held are Literature Entrance Kampung, Residency, National Literature Jamboree, to seminars and book exhibitions.
'As in previous years, ALF has always been consistent in carrying discussions with the theme of freedom of expression,' Okky said.
At least about 70 more speakers from different countries will be present to fill the discussion rooms.
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