About Ayu Utami

Ayu Utami

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November 21, 1968 in Indonesia

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Justina Ayu Utami is an Indonesian writer. She was once a journalist for many national magazine but now her main activity as a writer is on Cultural Journal Kalam and Teater Utan Kayu.

Her first novel "Saman" was appreciated by many writers and critics and awarded The Best Fiction by Dewan Kesenian Jakarta in 1998 and also won the Prince Claus Award 2000 from the Prince Claus Fund.

She published her second novel "Larung" in 2002.