Budi Darma

Budi Darma (25 April 1937 – 21 August 2021) was an Indonesian writer, essayist, and academic.

Early life Budi is the fourth of six children, all male. During his childhood and teens, Budi and his family lived in a number of different cities in Java, including Yogyakarta, Bandung and Semarang, due to the nature of his father's position in the postal service. His schooling reflected his family's nomadic existence. Budi attended elementary school in Kudus, junior high in Salatiga, and high school in Semarang, graduating from there in 1957. Four years later, in 1980, he earned his Ph.D. for his dissertation on "Character and Moral Judgment in Jane Austen's Novels", from the same university.

Literary works Budi is often described as one of Indonesia's most influential writers. In 1983 Budi wrote the novel, Olenka. It was his first novel, inspired by a woman he met while studying at Bloomington. The title was taken from a collection of short stories by Anton Chekov. Although set in America, the novel remains steadfastly Indonesian in its use of Javanese wordplay to tell the story of an amorous plight of a young man with Olenka, the female heroine. Budi has explained his reasons for his choice of style as being due to his firm belief that a writer will never lose his or her roots, no matter how distanced from their place of birth.

Death Budi died on 21 August 2021, at the age of 84, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.

Accolades S.E.A. Write Award (Thailand) (1984) Indonesian Government Arts Award (1993) The Best Story Writer of 1999 (1999) Satya Lencana Kebudayaan (2003) Achmad Bakrie Award (2005) Freedom Institute Mastera Literary Award (Brunei) (2011) The Best Story Writer of 2012 (2012) Most Dedicated Intellectuals of 2013 (2013)

Notable works

Book Pengantar Teori Sastra (2005) Pengantar Teori Sastra (2019)

Novel Olenka (1983) Laki-laki Pemanggul Goni (2012) Tangan-tangan Buntung (2012) Dua Sahabat (2013) Percakapan (2013) Tanda Tanya (2013) Angela (2014) Hotel Tua (2014) Sang Pemahat (2015) Dua Penyanyi (2015) Presiden Jebule (2016) Darojat dan Istrinya (2016) Tukang Cukur (2016) Bukan Mahasiswa Saya (2017) Tarom (2017) Suara di Bandara (2018) Lorong Gelap (2018) Tamu (2019)

Short story anthology Orang-orang Bloomington (1980) Kritikus Adinan (2002) Fofo & Senggring (2005) Orez Laki-laki Lain dalam Sepucuk Surat: pilihan cerita (2008)

Essay Sebuah Solilokui mengenai Goenawan Mohamad (1977) Pengaruh Zionisme atas Sastra Dunia (1978) Sastra Amerika Masa Kini (1979) Beberapa Gejala dalam Penulisan Prosa (1983) Keindahan: Pandangan Romantik (1983) Novel Indonesia adalah Dunia Melodrama (1983) Persoalan Proses Kreatif (1983) Kemampuan Mengebor Sukma (1984) Perihal Kritik Sastra (1984) Kritikus Nirdawat: Seorang Kritikus Sastra (1985) Pengalaman Pribadi dengan Nugraho Notosusastro (1985) Perkembangan Puisi Indonesia (1985) Manusia Indonesia Berbicara (1987) Kritik Sastra dan Karya Sastra (1987) Romantika Sastra, Kita (1988) Tanggung Jawab Pengarang (1988) Konstalasi Sastra : Homo Comparatikus (1989) Melihat Citra Bangsa melalui Novel (1990) Sastra Indonesia Mutakhir (1990) Stagnasi Kritik Sastra (1990) Kisah Sebuah Odise (1991) Sastra dan Kebudayaan (1992) Novel dan Jati Diri (1993) Manusia Konotasi dan Manusia Denotasi (1997) Mempersoalkan Cerita Pendek (1999) Jebakan Rogue Journals (2019) Jebakan Rouque Journals (2019) Jebakan Roque Jurnals (2019) Dalang Wayang Kulit (2000) Pendidikan Seni Pertunjukan (2000) Suratman Markasan : Sastra Melayu Singapura (2000) Fiksi dan Biografi (2001) Ironi si Kembar Siam : Tentang Posmo dan Kajian Budaya (2001) Manusia sebagai Makhluk Budaya (2001) Sastra dan Kebangsaan (2001) Sastra dan Pluralisme (2001) Visi Pengembangan Kebudayaan (2001) Memperhitungkan Masa Lampau (2004) Bahasa yang Indah (2012) Mempertanyakan Orhan Pamuk (2012) Penulisan Sejarah Indonesia (2014) Tersandera oleh Wibawa (2015) Ketika Lapis Atas dan Bawah Sama-sama Timpang (2015) Berdoa Kepada Tuhan (2016)

Essay anthology Solilokui (1983) Sejumlah Esai Sastra (1984) Harmonium (1995) Moral dalam Sastra (1981) Art and Culture in Surabaya: A Brief Introduction (1992)

Translation The Legacy (1996)

Non-Literature Sejarah 10 November 1945 (1987, Pemda Jatim) Culture in Surabaya (1992, IKIP Surabaya) Modern Literature of ASEAN (Chief Editor, 2000) Kumpulan Esai Sastra ASEAN Asean Committee on Culture and Information