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Awi Chin

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in Jakarta , Indonesia
November 12

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Awi Chin is an Indonesian writer and translator, and the founder of the independent library Taksu Pustaka and the bookstore and sustainable café Taksu Book Café in South Jakarta. His debut Indonesian-language novel, Yang Tak Kunjung Usai (2020), received critical acclaim and marked his emergence as a distinctive literary voice.

He was longlisted for the Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition in 2025, and his translation work appeared in Mekong Review (May 2026). His work has also been selected for the New Writers Speculative Showcase at the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow.

Awi was an Emerging Writer at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (2022) and a resident at AIR Literature Västra Götaland through Gothenburg City of Litera
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“Biarkan aku mencintai seperti sungai, yang terus mengalir dan mengulir menyusuri bantaran takdir. Bahkan saat ia terbelah dan terpecah. Arusnya akan terus mengalir sampai ke waktu yang tak kunjung usai.”
Awi Chin, Yang Tak Kunjung Usai

“Aku tidak ingin mencintaimu seperti matahari, yang hanya menyinari sedari pagi sampai senja berganti.”
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“Cinta akan menemukan jalan.”
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“There is a way to be good again...”
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Marriage can wait, education cannot.”
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“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
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“Aku tidak ingin mencintaimu seperti matahari, yang hanya menyinari sedari pagi sampai senja berganti.”
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“Aku tidak ingin mencintaimu seperti awan, yang hanya berarak sekejap lalu hilang menjadi hujan.”
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 Δx Δp ≥ ½ ħ Hi Awi,

Trims sudah diundang pertemanan. Salam kenal. Selamat membaca.

-Qui


message 6: by Awi

Awi Chin Ismawati wrote: "ahirnya saya juga bikin, setelah diacuhin aja sejak dulu kala *halah*"

Ane juga baru-baru ini kok.


Ismawati ahirnya saya juga bikin, setelah diacuhin aja sejak dulu kala *halah*


message 4: by Adham

Adham Fusama Bwahahahaha. Kan komik buku juga, Wi :P
Dimana salah w? LOL


message 3: by Adham

Adham Fusama Awi wrote: masih bingung sama ni SG
>,<"


It's simpler than FB thought :D
And lonelier. LOL.


message 2: by Awi

Awi Chin Adham T. wrote: "Meh, baru nongol loe. LOL"
hahahha
masih bingung sama ni SG
>,<


message 1: by Adham

Adham Fusama Meh, baru nongol loe. LOL


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