Bernard Batubara is an Indonesian bilingual best-selling writer of 19 books, thinker, theoretician, philosopher, and human observist. He works as an editor, translator, and influencer.
He developed his taste for reading books as early as 8. Since then, he has wanted to become a career writer. He wrote his first short story in junior high school, his novel senior. He joined college press and easily became vice chief, three years experience. In the same years with his activity as a college press journalist, he began to build his writing career by sending his poetry to a local and national newspaper in Indonesia, which got published prolifically. He was an editor in one of the biggest book publishers in Indonesia, now doing it freelance. He teaches writing and provides editorial and also copywriting services for commercial and literary purposes. He accepts prose, poetry, nonfiction story, and any other possible work relating to words.
Until recently, he already published 19 books: "Angsa-Angsa Ketapang" (Poetry collection, 2010), "Radio Galau FM" (Stories collection, 2011), "Kata Hati" (Novel, 2012), "Milana" (Novel, 2013), "Cinta." (Novel, 2013), "Surat untuk Ruth" (Novel, 2014), "Jatuh Cinta adalah Cara Terbaik untuk Bunuh Diri" (Novel, 2014), "Jika Aku Milikmu" (Novel, 2016), "Metafora Padma" (Novel, 2016), "Elegi Rinaldo" (Novel, 2017), "Mobil Bekas dan Kisah-kisah dalam Putaran" (Novel, 2017), "Luka Dalam Bara" (Stories collection, 2017), "Untuk Seorang Perempuan yang Memintaku Menjadi Hujan" (Stories collection, 2017), "Asal Kau Bahagia" (Novel, 2017), "Espresso" (Novel, 2019), "Tentang Menulis" (Essays collection, 2019), "Residu" (Stories collection, 2019), "Batu Manikam" (Novel, 2020), and "Banse Firius" (Novel, 2020). “Radio Galau FM” and “Kata Hati” are major motion pictures. His short story “Goa Maria” appeared in the bilingual anthology of Indonesian writing Through Darkness to Light (Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2013 & Hivos).
He spoke at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) 2013, Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF) 2013, ASEAN Literary Festival (ALF) 2015, Festival Sastra Banggai (FSB) 2017, Gramedia Writers and Readers Festival (GWRF) 2018, Kalimantan Barat Book Fair (KBF) 2018.
He is now working on his new novels.
Contact him through: Whatsapp: +6287839894689, Twitter & Instagram: @benzbara_, E-mail: benzbara89@gmail.com
His official website: www.bisikanbusuk.com
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Terima kasih :)
Orri: Begitukah? :D
Deni: Saya tidak punya tumblr. Hanya web-blog ini.
kita punya tgl lahir yang sama :)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaiiiihhhhh, aku gak bisa nyembunyiin gimana senengnya aku Baaang..
Aku baru beli buku Jika Aku Milikmu lusa lalu, udah pesimis dulu, masih ada atau enggaknya di Gramed.. Daaaaann ternyata masih adaa
Yg bikin seneng adalaah, yang bikin kaget adalah, yang bikin aku pingin jingkrak-jingkrak di warung Mie adalah, di buku itu ada TTDnya Bang Baraaa... Huaaaaa seneng bangett ��������
aku dwi aku salah satu penggemar novel... tapi setelah baca novel" bang bara bikin aku jadi 100x lebih gemar ... hehhehe
oh iya setau aku bang bara suka buka latihan fiksi ya... kebetulan selain gemar baca aku juga suka banget nulis... tapi terkadang terhenti begitu saja ,,,, pengen bgt bisa belajar banyak soal nulis sma abang... gmn ya bang caranya .. akui tinggal di jakarta...
terima kasih
Tari: Waalaikumsalam. Aku senang mendengarnya. Kamu bisa ikut kelas-kelas menulisku kalau kebetulan lagi ada acara di Jakarta. Atau baca tulisan-tulisanku di blog ini tentang menulis.
ya kayak saya ini, hehe (Kuaka dalam Bara)
bang bara ini barista sekaligus penikmat kopi kah??