Ahmad Tohari

Award-winning author and journalist Ahmad Tohari was born into a farming family in Tinggarjaya, a village in Central Java. His love of the countryside is apparent in his writing. He sees himself as a progressive religious intellectual who supports Islamic beliefs and laws while living in harmony among Indonesia's diverse ethnic cultures and traditions.He has authored eleven novels as well as other literary works. Bekisar Merah (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2011) was translated into English as The...See more

Award-winning author and journalist Ahmad Tohari was born into a farming family in Tinggarjaya, a village in Central Java. His love of the countryside is apparent in his writing. He sees himself as a progressive religious intellectual who supports Islamic beliefs and laws while living in harmony among Indonesia's diverse ethnic cultures and traditions.He has authored eleven novels as well as other literary works. Bekisar Merah (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2011) was translated into English as The Red Bekisar by Nurhayat Indriyatno Mohamed (Dalang Publishing, 2014). Ahmad Tohari is best known for his trilogy Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk (Gramedia, 2011), which was translated into Dutch, German, and Japanese. The Dancer is the English translation by René T.A. Lysloff, (The Lontar Foundation, 2012). The book was also adapted into the film Sang Penari. See less