Jennifer Mackenzie

Jennifer Mackenzie is an Australian poet and reviewer who focuses on writing from and about the Asian region. Since the publication of Borobudur by Transit Lounge in 2009, which was also republished by The Lontar Foundation in 2012, she has presented her work at numerous conferences and festivals, most recently at the Mathrubhumi Festival of Literary Arts in Trivandrum. She has received several awards, including the Marten Bequest Poetry Scholarship and the Felix Meyer Traveling Scholarship from the University of Melbourne. Her most recent book, a homage to the Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer, is Navigable Ink, published through Transit Lounge in 2020. Jennifer's appearance at UWRF is made possible through the support of the Australia Council and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT).

Jennifer Mackenzie adalah penyair dan pengulas sastra berkebangsaan Australia yang mengkhususkan diri untuk menulis dari dan tentang wilayah Asia. Sejak diterbitkannya Borobudur oleh Transit Lounge pada 2009, yang diterbitkan ulang oleh Yayasan Lontar pada 2012, ia telah menampilkan karyanya di berbagai konferensi dan festival, yang terbaru adalah Mathrubhumi Festival of Literary Arts di Trivandrum. Ia telah menerima berbagai penghargaan, termasuk the Marten Bequest Poetry Scholarship dan the Felix Meyer Traveling Scholarship dari the University of Melbourne. Buku terbarunya, sebuah penghormatan bagi penulis Indonesia Pramoedya Ananta Toer, adalah Navigable Ink, diterbitkan oleh Transit Lounge pada 2020. Kehadiran Jennifer di UWRF dimungkinkan berkat dukungan oleh the Australia Council and Asia Pacific Writers & Translators (APWT).