Arya Lawa Manuaba

Country: Indonesia

Ida Bagus Arya Lawa Manuaba is a writer, lecturer, entrepreneur, Balinese language activist, and content creator. He is the author of the book Alien Menurut Hindu. His first novel, Putih Biru, was ranked in the top eight of the selected novels at the 2017 UNNES International Novel Writing Contest in Semarang. His second novel is the Haricatra trilogy. In addition to nonfiction books and novels, he also writes many short stories and articles. One of his best short stories is entitled Barong Brutuk, which tells about the mysticism of Terunyan Village. He now works as a lecturer at Institut Teknologi dan Pendidikan Markandeya Bali in the field of literary studies, Ethno pedagogy, and cultural linguistics. He is also a language activist in BASAbali Wiki.

Ida Bagus Arya Lawa Manuaba adalah seorang penulis, dosen, pengusaha, penggiat bahasa Bali, dan pembuat konten. Ia adalah penulis buku Alien Menurut Hindu. Novel pertamanya, Putih Biru, menduduki peringkat delapan besar novel terpilih pada Lomba Penulisan Novel Internasional UNNES 2017 di Semarang. Novel keduanya adalah trilogi Haricatra. Selain buku dan novel nonfiksi, ia juga menulis banyak cerita pendek dan artikel. Salah satu cerpen terbaiknya berjudul Barong Brutuk, yang menceritakan tentang kemistisan Desa Terunyan. Ia kini bekerja sebagai dosen di Institut Teknologi dan Pendidikan Markandeya Bali dalam bidang studi sastra, pedagogi etno, dan linguistik budaya. Ia juga seorang aktivis bahasa di BASAbali Wiki.