Leila S. Chudori

Leila Salikha Chudori (born December 12, 1962) is an Indonesian journalist and writer. She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020. Together with her daughter Rain Chudori, Chudori founded Peron House publishing company, which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023.

Biography Leila Salikha Chudori was born December 12, 1962, in Jakarta and grew up there. She is the daughter of Muhammad Chudori. She studied at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, graduating in 1988. She worked for the magazines Jakarta Jakarta and Tempo; the second magazine was banned by the New Order regime of President Suharto in 1994.

Her first stories were published in children's magazines Si Kuncung, Kawanku and Hai when she was only 12.

Her daughter Rain Chudori also writes short stories.

Selected works Malam Terakhir (The Last Night), short stories (1989) Pulang, novel (2012), awarded the Khatulistiwa Literary Award; translated by John H. McGlynn as Home (Deep Vellum, 2015; ) Laut Bercerita, novel (2018), 2020 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner; translated by John H. McGlynn as The Sea Speaks His Name (Penguin Books, 2020; ).