ANU/The Canberra Times meet the author event with Goenawan Mohamad

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Acclaimed Indonesian writer and man of letters, Goenawan Mohamad joins ANU Emeritus Professor James Fox in conversation on Goenawan's new book, In Other Words, a volume of essays edited and translated by Jennifer Lindsay, who also participated in the conversation. In this podcast Jennifer discusses some challenges of selecting and translating Goenawan's essays, written between 1968 to 2014, which demonstrate the breadth of his perceptive and elegant commentary on literature, faith, mythology, politics, history and Indonesian life. Goenawan Mohamad has been at the forefront of Indonesian intellectual and cultural life since his early twenties, and a crusader for press freedom since his university days. He was founder of the Indonesian language weekly journal Tempo in 1971 and its chief editor from 1971-94, and again in 1998. In the last seventeen years, Goenawan has been particularly involved with establishing alternative spaces for cultural and intellectual activity in Jakarta, writing, and as theatre director and producer. He is frequently invited nationally and internationally as guest speaker and commentator, and has received numerous prestigious awards. ANU will be the only public appearance by Goenawan following his appearance at the Melbourne Writers' Festival