Ahmad Tohari
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born
June 13, 1948
gender
male
place of birth
Indonesia
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
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 ...more
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Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 4.03 — 471 ratings — published 1982 6 editions |
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Bekisar Merah by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.31 — 131 ratings — published 1993 |
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Lintang Kemukus Dinihari by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.89 — 108 ratings — published 1985 |
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Jantera Bianglala by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.84 — 90 ratings — published 1986 |
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Orang-Orang Proyek by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.18 — 77 ratings — published 2002 |
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Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.37 — 52 ratings — published 1994 |
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Senyum Karyamin by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.42 — 50 ratings — published 1989 |
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Kubah by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.38 — 34 ratings — published 1980 2 editions |
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Belantik by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.43 — 30 ratings — published 2001 |
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Lingkar Tanah Lingkar Air by Ahmad Tohari avg rating 3.42 — 19 ratings — published 1999 |
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