Sebagian dari momentum politik dunia ditandai oleh tragedi. Namun, hal itu tidak menyurutkan rasa tertarik saya kepada politik. Saya tidak melihat politik sebagai sesuatu yang jahat, berbisa dan semata-mata kelam, melainkan sesuatu yang dinamis, penuh harapan, dan menentukan kehidupan banyak orang.
untuk mengenang para sahabat dan kawan yang diculik menjelang akhir kekuasaan pemerintah Suharto. untuk mengenang mereka yang tidak kembali.
Pidato Linda Christanty dalam pembukaan diskusi Winternachten bertajuk “De Grote Vervreemding: Oost-West 1945-1950” di Den Haag, 18 Januari 2014.
Indonesian SEA Write winner Linda Christanty channelled her activist views on war, politics and friendship into short stories.
LINDA CHRISTANTY'S short stories talk about the problems often caused by pressure of war, gender inequality, cultural gaps and even love.
For short story writer and journalist Linda Christanty, 2013 is the year of achievements. In October, her short-story collection, Seekor Anjing Mati di Bala Murghab (A Dog Died in Bala Murghab), won two awards: the SouthEast Asia (SEA) Write Award from Thailand and the Prose Award from the Language Institute, Education and Culture Ministry.
HELMUT Herzog, a German anthropologist, showed me this guy’s picture three years ago. Helmut was on research about immortal men. For two months, he went to several places in Kalimantan and collected stories about them. Man in the picture grinned, squatting and holding a cock.
KECELAKAAN mobil di Missoula, Montana membuat Ruth harus cuti beberapa waktu. Mobilnya menabrak pohon. Ia mengalami kebutaan wajah, tak dapat membedakan wajah-wajah orang secara detail.
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Linda Christanty is an author and journalist. Her writing has been recognized by various awards including the national literary award in Indonesia (Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2004 and 2010), award from the Language Center of the Ministry of National Education (2010 and 2013), and The Best Short Stories version by Kompas daily (1989). Her essay "Militarism and Violence in East Timor" won a Human Rights Award for Best Essay in 1998. She has also written script for plays on conflict, disaster and peace transformation in Aceh. It was performed in the World P.E.N Forum (P.E.N Japan and P.E.N International Forum) in Tokyo, Japan (2008). She received the Southeast Asian writers award, S.E.A Write Award, in 2013.
Seekor Anjing Mati di Bala Murghab
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama (2012)
Jangan Tulis Kami Teroris
Penerbit : Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (2011)
