| Islands of Imagination I: Modern Indonesian Drama Contributor(s): Stewart, Frank (Editor), McGlynn, John H. (Editor), Gillitt, Cobina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0824853784 ISBN-13: 9780824853785 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Asian - General - Drama | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| LCCN: 2017486424 |
| Series: Mānoa |
| Physical Information: 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In anticipation of the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair in October--where Indonesian literature will be spotlighted--MĀNOA journal presents Islands of Imagination, Volume One: Modern Indonesian Plays as its winter 2014 issue. Co-edited by Frank Stewart, John H. McGlynn, and Cobina Gillitt, the volume contains seven works written between 1933 and 2009. These plays are all united by the literary artistry and treatment of social issues that characterize modern Indonesian drama. Contributors include Rita Matu Mona, Armijn Pan , N. Riantiarno, Ratna Sarumpaet, Iwan Simatupang, Luna Vidya, and Putu Wijaya. Modern Indonesian Plays is published in cooperation with the Lontar Foundation of Indonesia. The second volume will follow as the winter 2015 issue.John H. McGlynn is a Jakarta-based editor, translator, and the founder of the Lontar Foundation. Cobina Gillitt, PhD, is a freelance dramaturg, translator, and university professor based in New York City. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gillitt, Cobina: - Cobina Gillitt is a translator, freelance dramaturg, and assistant professor of Theatre and Performance at SUNY Purchase. She co-edited and wrote the introduction for Islands of Imagination I: Modern Indonesian Plays (University of Hawai'i Press, 2015) which includes two of her translations, Ought by Putu Wijaya and Make Note! by Rita Matu Mona.Stewart, Frank: - Frank Stewart has been editor of Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing since its founding in 1989. He has published a dozen books of his own, including translations, poetry, and essays.McGlynn, John H.: - John H. McGlynn has translated several dozen publications under his own name, and through the Lontar Foundation, which he co-founded in 1987, has ushered into print close to two hundred books on Indonesian language, literature, and culture. He is the Indonesian country editor for MĀNOA, a literary journal published by the University of Hawai'i Press; the senior editor for I-Lit, an on-line journal focusing on Indonesian literature in translation; a contributing editor to Words Without Borders and Warscapes, U.S. based literary journals; and an editor advisor for Jurnal Sastra, an Indonesian-language on-line journal. He is also a frequent speaker at seminars both in Indonesia and abroad. |