Profil

 


Dewi Kharisma Michellia is a writer working in various genres, from romance, crime, mystery/horror, to sci-fi and fantasy. Her published works include the novel Surat Panjang tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya (A Long Letter of Our Million Light-Years Distance, 2013) and the short story collection Elegi (An Elegy, 2017).

She cofounded Penerbit OAK, an indie publisher based in Yogyakarta, along with 3 other colleagues in 2015. In 2018, along with 12 other female colleagues, she ran Ruang Perempuan dan Tulisan (Women Writers Space and Writings), a collective dedicated to reading and promoting works by women writers from Indonesia.

 

Long version (in Indonesian and English):

 

Dewi Kharisma Michellia lahir di Denpasar pada 1991. Berprofesi sebagai penulis, penerjemah, dan editor, serta berpengalaman menulis novel, reportase, dan cerita pendek.

Dalam karier kepenulisannya, pada 2015, Dewi menerima penghargaan Taruna Sastra dari Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Pada 2017, ia menjalani residensi penulis di Orly dan Paris, Perancis yang diselenggarakan oleh Komite Buku Nasional. Pada 2018, ia terlibat di kolektif Ruang Perempuan dan Tulisan. Sejak 2018 pula, ia menjadi penerjemah jurnal akademik yang berfokus pada isu Asia Tenggara untuk kyotoreview.org. Pernah pula mendirikan penerbit indie berbasis di Yogyakarta, Penerbit OAK, dan mengampu peran sebagai redaktur pelaksana untuk berbagai terbitan online sejak 2013, di antaranya jakartabeat.net dan jurnalruang.com. Saat ini, ia aktif mengasuh situs web kritik sastra tengara.id yang dikelola oleh Dewan Kesenian Jakarta selaku redaktur pelaksana.

Karyanya Surat Panjang Tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya terbit di Gramedia Pustaka Utama pada 2013 setelah menjadi pemenang unggulan di Sayembara Novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta 2012, yang lantas meraih penghargaan daftar pendek Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2013. Pada 2016, novelnya A Copy of My Mind, sebuah novel adaptasi dari film, diterbitkan oleh Grasindo. Masih di Grasindo, pada 2017, terbit pula kumpulan cerpen perdananya Elegi. Tulisan lepasnya tersebar di berbagai media massa, di antaranya pindai.org, asymptotejournal.com, Koran Tempo, Jawa Pos, Media Indonesia, Bali Post, jakartabeat.net, indoprogress.com, dan Jurnal Perempuan.

 

Dewi Kharisma Michellia was born in Denpasar in 1991. She works as a writer, translator, and editor, and has experiences in writing novels, reportages, and short stories.

In a span of her writing career, in 2015, she received the Taruna Sastra award from the Language Development and Fostering Agency. In 2017, she spent writing residency in Orly and Paris, France organized by the National Book Committee. In 2018, she joins Ruang Perempuan dan Tulisan (Women Writers Room and Writings). Also in the same year, she managed to be a translator for an academic journal on Southeast Asia kyotoreview.org. She has also founded an indie published based in Yogyakarta, Penerbit OAK, and has served as managing editor for various online publications since 2013, jakartabeat.net and jurnalruang.com. Currently, she is actively managing the literary criticism site tengara.id under Jakarta Arts Council as managing editor.

Her work, Surat Panjang tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya (A Long Letter of Our Million Light-Years Distance) was published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2013 after winning the 2012 Jakarta Art Council Novel Contest, which later short-listed as the 2013 Khatulistiwa Literary Award. In 2016, A Copy of My Mind, a film-to-novel adaptation, published by Grasindo. Still at the same publisher, in 2017, her first collection of short stories, Elegi (The Elegy), was published. Her writings have been published in various respected outlets, in pindai.org, asymptotejournal.com, Koran Tempo, Jawa Pos, Media Indonesia, Bali Post, jakartabeat.net, indoprogress.com, and Jurnal Perempuan.

 


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FICTION 

 

// STORIES

  • Pantai Cermin (Koran Tempo, 19 June 2011), this short story is translated into English for "Translation Tuesday" series (Asymptote, 13 November 2018), see the English version: Mirror Beach. 
  • Rindu (Koran Tempo, 29 July 2012) 
  • Ikrar Layang-layang (Majalah Sastra Libri [Literasi Buruh Migran Indonesia], September 2012) 
  • Ziarah (Jawa Pos, 21 October 2012) 
  • Saudade (Majalah Balairung, 2012) 
  • Ajal (Media Indonesia, 6 July 2013) 
  • Tanda (Jakartabeat.net, 19 May 2013) 
  • Mengantar (Jakartabeat.net, 10 May 2014) 
  • Pulau Arwah (Indoprogress.com, Edisi LKIP 18, 6 June 2014) 
  • Keputusan Ely (Media Indonesia, 3 August 2014) 
  • Si Malakama (Bali Post, 4 January 2015) 
  • Penulis Fiksi (Koran Tempo, 12 July 2015) 
  • Semiliar Perbedaan (Bali Post, 13 September 2015) 
  • Forum Keluarga (Koran Tempo, 24 September 2016) 
  • Kesedihan (Bali Post, 25 September 2016) 
  • Hidup Kita Selepas Elegi (Media Indonesia, 18 December 2016) 
  • Kita Bahkan Tidak Perlu Berbisik (Jurnal Perempuan No. 93/2017)
  • Teratai Merah Isan (Bacapetra.co, 17 November 2021)


// NOVEL

 

// SHORT STORY COLLECTION

 

// PART OF ANTHOLOGIES

 

// COPYEDIT, INDEX, AND PROOFREAD

 

 

NON-FICTION  

 

// CONTRIBUTE

  • Several articles on fine arts for ART|Jog 13 Maritime Culture by Hamada Adzani, Dewi Kharisma Michellia, Bambang Witjaksono, Donna Miranti (Jogja Art Fair, 2013)
  • Regular/on a daily basis articles on finance, business & investment, and lifestyle for Pluang.com (Pluang.com, 2019-2021)

 

// TRANSLATION (IND-ENG)

 

// TRANSLATION (ENG-IND)

 

// COPYEDIT, INDEX, AND PROOFREAD

 

 

FILM PRODUCTION 

 

 

INTERVIEW

  • Creative writing process on writing Surat Panjang Tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya interviewed by Muhidin M. Dahlan, Angkringan Buku | Radio Iboekoe, access here. 
  • Creative writing process, interviewed by Fairuz Mumtaz, Book on Cam | Radio Iboekoe, YouTube video access, click here. 
  • Creative writing process, beradadisini.com, interviewed by Hanny Kusumawati, access here, mirror: The Writer's Nest. 
  • Creative writing process, literasi.co with Bengkel Menulis Gerakan Literasi Indonesia batch IX, access here. 
  • Creative writing process on the novel adaptation, A Copy of My Mind, interviewed by Avicenna Raksa Santana, Ruang Gramedia.com (for the information, please ask the interviewer Avicenna). 
  • The writer’s childhood stories, interviewed by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, Ruang Gramedia.com (for the information, please ask the interviewer Norman).  
  • Creative writing process, on the stories with death theme-related, interviewed by Rizka Nur Laily Muallifa, Pawonsastra.com, access here.
  • Creative writing process on writing Surat Panjang Tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya interviewed by Lontar Foundation, access here.
  • Creative writing process on writing Rahasia dari Kramat Tunggak, access here.
  • 5 Book Recommendation for Kids, interviewed by Fariq Alfaruqi from Yayasan Pulau Imaji, access here.

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