Ahmad Tohari

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June 13, 1948 in Indonesia

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male

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Literature & Fiction

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Ahmad Tohari is Indonesia well-knowned writer who can picture a typical village scenery very well in his writings. He has been everywhere, writings for magazines. He attended Fellowship International Writers Program at Iowa, United State on 1990 and received Southeast Asian Writers Award on 1995.

His famous works are trilogy of Srintil, a traditional dancer (ronggeng) of Paruk Village: "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk", "Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari", and "Jantera Bianglala"

On 2007, he releases again "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk" in Java-Banyumasan language which is claimed to be the first novel using Java-Banyumasan. Toward his effort, he receives Rancage Award 2007. The book is only printed 1,500 editions and sold out directly in the book launch.

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Books by Ahmad Tohari

Average rating: 3.83 · 2,748 ratings · 383 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk 4.04 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari (Dukuh Paruk, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1985	My rating:
	Bekisar Merah (Bekisar Merah, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Jantera Bianglala (Dukuh Paruk, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Orang-Orang Proyek 3.42 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak 3.34 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Senyum Karyamin 3.57 avg rating — 84 ratings	My rating:
	Kubah 3.36 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Belantik (Bekisar Merah, #2) 3.56 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk (Dukuh Paruk, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings	My rating:

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Series by Ahmad Tohari

Dukuh Paruk (3 books)
by Ahmad Tohari

4.02 avg rating — 1,850 ratings

Bekisar Merah (2 books)
by Ahmad Tohari

3.41 avg rating — 330 ratings

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