Background
He was born in Tasikmalaya, West Java, and grown up in a small coastal town Pangandaran.
He was born in Tasikmalaya, West Java, and grown up in a small coastal town Pangandaran.
He studied philosophy at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.
He writes novels, short stories, movie scripts, and blog, as well as essays. His novel, Beauty is a Wound, was included in the list of 100 notable books by The New York Times. 2015 Foreign Policy"s Global Thinkers of 2015 "for pinning Indonesian literature on the map.".