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Awi Chin

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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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Museum Teman Baik

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Yang Tak Kunjung Usai

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Diskoneksi

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Parade yang Tak Pernah Usai

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Kematian Kecil yang Kita Pi...

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Kematian Kecil yang Kita Pilih dan Kehidupan-kehidupan Setela... by Awi Chin
"Kematian Kecil yang Kita Pilih dan Kehidupan-Kehidupan Setelahnya merupakan KumCer karya Awi Chin yang terbaru (*setidaknya pada saat ulasan ini dibuat). Berisikan 13 cerita yang kesemuanya bercerita ihwal kematian. Tidak selalu secara harafiah tetap" Read more of this review »
Biarkan Kematian Merayakan Kehidupan by Awi Chin
"Sabur Limbur dan Biarkan Kematian Merayakan Kehidupan merupakan dua dari 16 cerpen yang saya favoritkan dari buku ini.

Sabur Limbur, mengisahkan seorang pria yang terpaksa menjauh dari keluarganya karena memilih untuk menganut keyakinan yang berbeda. " Read more of this review »
Biarkan Kematian Merayakan Kehidupan by Awi Chin
"3,5 🌟
Seusai menuntaskan "Yang Tak Kunjung Usai" dan "Debur Ombak Memanggilmu Kembali", saya kemudian memutuskan untuk melanjutkan marathon membaca karya Koh Awi dengan kumcernya yang bercover sangat 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 ini.

Terdapat 16 cerpen dihadirkan dengan " Read more of this review »
Biarkan Kematian Merayakan Kehidupan by Awi Chin
"Kumcer ini banyak sekali dg latar di Kalimantan Barat. Setiap cerpen nya mengisahkan berbagai kematian yg begitu kelam namun banyak pesan moral yg disampaikan. Budaya lokal juga sangat kencang ditonjolkan pada berbagai isu, ada cerpen berisi ttg pemb" Read more of this review »
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Kematian Kecil yang Kita Pilih dan Kehidupan-kehidupan Setela... by Awi Chin
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Halo teman-teman semua.
Terima kasih telah membaca Kematian Kecil yang Kita Pilih dan Kehidupan-kehidupan Setelahnya.

Izinkan saya mengutip apa yang saya tulis di ucapan terima kasih.

Maka dari itu, terakhir dan terkemudian, saya ingin mengucapkan terim
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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.”
Awi Chin, Yang Tak Kunjung Usai

“Cinta akan menemukan jalan.”
Awi Chin, Yang Tak Kunjung Usai

“There is a way to be good again...”
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Marriage can wait, education cannot.”
Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
Virginia Woolf

“Aku tidak ingin mencintaimu seperti matahari, yang hanya menyinari sedari pagi sampai senja berganti.”
Awi Chin, Yang Tak Kunjung Usai

“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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