SHORT BIO

Intan Paramaditha is an Indonesian author and academic based in Sydney, where she is Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at Macquarie University. She holds a Ph.D. from New York University and is a recipient of the 2025–2026 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship. Her books include the novel The Wandering (2020, translated by Stephen J. Epstein), longlisted for the Stella Prize and winner of the English PEN Translates Award, and the story collection Apple and Knife, part of the Vintage Classics Weird Girls series. Her latest novel, Malam Seribu Jahanam (Night of a Thousand Hells), will be published by Europa Editions (UK/US) and Scribe (Australia) in 2026. Her work has been translated into several languages. Paramaditha has been profiled in outlets such as The Guardian and BBC Radio 4, and her essays have appeared in The Best American Travel Writing, Literary Hub, and The Nation. She is the co-founder of the feminist collective Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan.

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Bio Singkat

Intan Paramaditha adalah seorang penulis dan akademisi. Ia meraih gelar Ph.D. dari New York University dan kini merupakan Senior Lecturer dalam Kajian Media dan Film di Macquarie University, Sydney. Ia telah meraih beberapa penghargaan dan fellowship, termasuk Civitella Ranieri Fellowship 2025–2026. Ia menulis novel The Wandering (2020, diterjemahkan Stephen J. Epstein), yang masuk daftar panjang Stella Prize dan mendapat penghargaan English PEN Translates, serta kumpulan cerita Apple and Knife, bagian dari seri Vintage Classics Weird Girls. Novel terbarunya, Malam Seribu Jahanam (Night of a Thousand Hells), akan diterbitkan oleh Europa Editions (UK/US) dan Scribe (Australia) pada 2026. Karyanya telah diterjemahkan ke dalam berbagai bahasa. Profil Intan Paramaditha telah dimuat di sejumlah media, antara lain The Guardian dan BBC Radio 4, sementara esainya terbit di The Best American Travel Writing, Literary Hub, dan The Nation. Ia adalah salah satu pendiri kolektif feminis Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan.