Exploring Indonesian Literature with Indolitclub

John H. McGlynn, publisher and translator of Indonesian literature, has translated several dozen publications under his own name and, through the Lontar Foundation, which he co-founded in 1987, has ushered into print 250+ books on Indonesian language, literature, and culture. He has helped to shape the world view of Indonesian literature, almost single-handedly creating a canon of Indonesian literature in English.

John H. McGlynn, penerbit dan penerjemah sastra indonesia, telah menerjemahkan berbagai lusin penerbitan atas namanya sendiri dan, melalui Yayasan Lontar, yang ia dirikan dengan beberapa rekan pada 1987, telah menggiring lebih dari 250 buku mengenai bahasa, sastra dan budaya Indonesia ke dalam penerbitan. Ia telah membantu pembentukan pandangan dunia mengenai sastra Indonesia, nyaris menciptakan kanon sastra Indonesia dalam bahasa Inggris secara seorang diri.

George Quinn, born in New Zealand, is an expert in Javanese literature and religion. He is the retired Head of the Southeast Asia Centre at the Australian National University. He is best known for his top-selling study Bandit Saints of Java in 2019, which delves deep into the exotic culture of pilgrimage, popular history, and storytelling at the tombs of Java’s local saints. Its Indonesian translation, Wali Berandal Tanah Jawa, was published in 2021. George Quinn is also recognized for his research on modern literature in the Javanese language, initially published as The Novel in Javanese in 1992 and later translated into Indonesian as Novel Berbahasa Jawa in 1995. He is the compiler and translator of the very first English-language anthology of post-independence Javanese fiction, She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen in 2023. George Quinn is fluent in Indonesian and Javanese.

George Quinn, lahir di New Zealand, adalah seorang pakar sastra dan agama Jawa. Ia adalah pensiunan Kepala Kajian Asia Tenggara di Australian National University. Ia paling dikenal atas kajiannya yang laris manis, Bandit Saints in Java pada 2019, yang mendalami budaya ziarah yang eksotis, sejarah populer, dan kegiatan bertutur di makam-makam orang suci lokal (para Wali) di Jawa. Terjemahan bahasa Indonesianya, Berandal Tanah Jawa, diterbitkan pada 2021. George Quinn juga dikenal atas penelitiannya tentang sastra modern berbahasa Jawa, yang aslinya terbitkan sebagai The Novel in Javanese pada 1992 dan kemudian diterjemahkan ke bahasa Indonesia sebagai Novel Berbahasa Jawa pada 1995. Ia telah membukukan dan menerjemahkan antologi berbahasa Inggris paling pertama untuk fiksi Jawa pasca-kemerdekaan, She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen, pada 2023. George Quinn fasih berbahasa Indonesia dan Jawa.

Toni Pollard taught Indonesian in New South Wales high schools and the University of Western Sydney for more than 35 years. Upon her retirement in 2004, she took up Indonesian literary translation, mostly for Lontar and the UWRF Annual Anthologies. In 2018, Pollard’s interest in Indonesian literature led to her co-founding Indolitclub in Sydney. Indolitclub is a monthly discussion group that focuses on bilingual texts and currently meets on Zoom.

Toni has attended Ubud festivals since 2004, sharing her experiences through email blogs. She’s turned her Bali notes and photos into an online web book Toni’s Bali Jottings, capturing Ubud’s festival spirit. Explore past festivals here.

Toni Pollard mengajar bahasa Indonesia di sekolah menengah New South Wales dan Universitas Western Sydney selama lebih dari 35 tahun. Setelah pensiun pada tahun 2004, ia mengambil terjemahan sastra Indonesia, sebagian besar untuk Lontar dan Antologi Tahunan UWRF. Pada tahun 2018, ketertarikan Pollard pada sastra Indonesia membuatnya mendirikan Indolitclub di Sydney. Indolitclub adalah grup diskusi bulanan yang berfokus pada teks bilingual dan saat ini bertemu di Zoom.

Toni telah menghadiri festival-festival di Ubud sejak tahun 2004, dan berbagi pengalamannya melalui email blog. Dia telah mengubah catatan dan foto-foto Bali-nya menjadi sebuah buku online Toni’s Bali Jottings, yang menangkap semangat festival Ubud. Jelajahi festival-festival sebelumnya di sini.