Grafik, Veranstaltung am 05.11.2021; Quelle: Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen Berlin (Rumah Budaya Indonesia Berlin)

Am 05. November 2021 lädt das Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen in Berlin (RBI) zum 15. »TemuSastra« ein. Titel des englischsprachigen Literaturgesprächs: »TO GATHER AGAIN! The Jakarta Content Week 2021«. Gäste der Veranstaltung diesmal: Claudia Kaiser, Laura Prinsloo and Anton Kurnia. Die Gäste des 15. Literaturgesprächs TemuSastra sind die Macher von JAKTENT (Jakarta Content Week) – eine internationale Veranstaltung mit Konferenzen, Workshops, Seminaren, Festivals und Ausstellungen. Von Anfang an diesem umfangreichen Projekt beteiligt, Claudia Kaiser, Vizepräsidentin der Frankfurter Buchmesse und Laura Prinsloo, Vorsitzende von Yayasan Tujuhbelas Pulau Imaji (17.000 Islands of Imagination Foundation). Mit dabei auch Anton Kurnia, Kurator von Jaktent LitTrade 2021.  

Claudia Kaiser | was trained as bookseller, and holds a MA degree in Chinese Studies. She lived in China for more than 10 years, as editor for China Foreign Literature Publishing House, started an agency and, in 1998, set up the German Book Information Centre by Frankfurter Buchmesse in Beijing, and was its first director. She moved on to United Nations Publishing in New York (External Publications Officer, in charge of rights and sales). She has been in the senior management (Vice President) of Frankfurt Book Fair since 2003, in different positions: head of international department, General Manager of KITAB (Abu Dhabi International Book Fair), head of Cape Town Book Fair, just to mention a few. As Vice President Business Development of Frankfurt Book Fair she presently looks into the South East Asian markets and South Asia, Arab World and Africa.

Laura Prinsloo | is the chair of the Foundation 17,000 Islands of Imagination, who co-organized the Jakarta Content Week. Recently, she was appointed by the Jakarta Provincial Government as the Executive Chair for the Jakarta City Book Committee, which is responsible for various book-related activities in the city including the 33rd IPA Congress in 2022. Laura is also the Secretary General of the Jakarta Creative City Forum.

Anton Kurnia |  is an author, translator, and editor. He writes essays, short stories, and has published a novel. His works have been translated into English, Malay, Mandarin, Sinhalese, Arabic, and Spanish. Working in the Indonesian publishing world since 1998, he co-founded Baca, a publishing house in Southern Jakarta, in 2016 . He represented Indonesia at the First Asian Writers Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan, 2019. Anton was also curator of the LitTrade program at Jaktent 2021.«

Opening words by Prof. Dr. Ardi Marwan, Attaché for Education and Culture, Embassy of the Rep. of Indonesia, Berlin

Datum/Uhrzeit: Freitag, 5. November 2021, 14 Uhr CET (UTC+1, 20 Uhr WIB)

Ort: Online auf Zoom

Registrierung: Temu-Sastra-JAKTENT

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