Intan Paramaditha

Intan Paramaditha is an Indonesian author and noted feminist academic. Her work has been described as focusing on "the intersection between gender and sexuality, culture and politics".

Literary works Paramaditha's works have been described as "gothic feminist". In 2005, Intan Paramaditha's short-story collection Sihir Perempuan (Black Magic Woman) was shortlisted for the Khatulistiwa Literary Award. In 2010 Intan co-authored horror anthology Kumpulan Budak Setan (The Devil’s Slaves Club) with Eka Kurniawan and Ugoran Prasad,

Her debut novel, Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu (The Wandering: Choose Your Own Red-Shoes Adventure), received a PEN Translates Award from English PEN in 2018, the PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant from PEN America, and the Tempo Best Literary Work for Prose Fiction in 2017; The Wandering was longlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize.

Her short story anthology, Apple and Knife, contains short stories from earlier collections, and was published in English in 2018.

Academic career and research Paramaditha holds a PhD in cinema studies from New York University. She is now based in Sydney, Australia, and teaches Media and Film Studies at Macquarie University. She previously taught at Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Indonesia.

Paramaditha's research and teaching interests "include feminism, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism, postcolonial studies, and global film, media, and activism". Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Asian Cinema, Visual Anthropology, Film Quarterly, Jump Cut, and Social Identities.

Talks Intan Paramaditha has spoken at literary events/festivals such as Broadside Feminist Ideas Festival 2019, the Emerging Writer's Festival 2019, the Jakarta International Literary Festival 2019, the London Book Fair 2019, the Singapore Writer's Festival 2018, the Hong Kong International Writer's Festival 2018, the Europalia Arts Festival 2017, the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 and the Kraków Conrad Festival 2023.