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Dua Marga
Poetry collection by Indonesian poet Nirwan Dewanto. Written in the voices of two different personas.
124 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2023
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Nirwan Dewanto
26 books15 followersNirwan Dewanto (born 28 September 1961) is an Indonesian poet and cultural critic. He is also known for his depiction of Albertus Soegijapranata in the 2012 biopic Soegija.
Dewanto was born in Surabaya, East Java, on 28 September 1961. While still in senior high school he was already writing poetry; the poems were published in local magazines such as Kuncung and Kartini. Dewanto did his university studies at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java, from 1980 to 1987, where he received a degree in geology. He then moved to Jakarta.
In 1991 Dewanto was a speaker at the National Cultural Conference. He later became well known for his cultural commentary. Dewanto became editor of the magazine Kalam at its launch in February 1994, along with poet Goenawan Mohamad. In 1996 Dewanto released a collection of essays entitled Senjakala Kebudayaan.
Dewanto served on the first round jury of the inaugural Khatulistiwa Award in 2001. He was later critical of the process, stating that the jury generally did not properly understand the works they were selecting and at times seemed to act randomly and had released a poetry anthology, Buku Cacing (Book of Worms).
Dewanto won the Khatulistiwa Award in 2008 for his poetry anthology Jantung Ratu Lebah (The Queen Bee's Heart); the award included Rp 100 million (US$8,800) in cash. Short story writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma, a judge on the panel, described the anthology as showing great achievement.In 2010 Dewanto released a poetry anthology entitled Buli-Buli Lima Kaki (Jars with Five Feet). The following year several of his works were put to music by Dian HP and Dewanto's wife, singer Nyak Ina Raseuki; Dewanto also performed poetry readings at the events.
In 2012 Dewanto played the Archbishop of Semarang Albertus Soegijapranata in the biopic Soegija, directed by Garin Nugroho.Nugroho said that he cast Dewanto owing to the latter's physical resemblance to Soegijapranata, despite Dewanto not being Catholic; meanwhile, Dewanto said that Nugroho had been very insistent that he take the role. Indah Setiawati, writing for The Jakarta Post, found him to have performed well, although she considered him to appear uncomfortable in some scenes.
Dewanto was born in Surabaya, East Java, on 28 September 1961. While still in senior high school he was already writing poetry; the poems were published in local magazines such as Kuncung and Kartini. Dewanto did his university studies at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Bandung, West Java, from 1980 to 1987, where he received a degree in geology. He then moved to Jakarta.
In 1991 Dewanto was a speaker at the National Cultural Conference. He later became well known for his cultural commentary. Dewanto became editor of the magazine Kalam at its launch in February 1994, along with poet Goenawan Mohamad. In 1996 Dewanto released a collection of essays entitled Senjakala Kebudayaan.
Dewanto served on the first round jury of the inaugural Khatulistiwa Award in 2001. He was later critical of the process, stating that the jury generally did not properly understand the works they were selecting and at times seemed to act randomly and had released a poetry anthology, Buku Cacing (Book of Worms).
Dewanto won the Khatulistiwa Award in 2008 for his poetry anthology Jantung Ratu Lebah (The Queen Bee's Heart); the award included Rp 100 million (US$8,800) in cash. Short story writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma, a judge on the panel, described the anthology as showing great achievement.In 2010 Dewanto released a poetry anthology entitled Buli-Buli Lima Kaki (Jars with Five Feet). The following year several of his works were put to music by Dian HP and Dewanto's wife, singer Nyak Ina Raseuki; Dewanto also performed poetry readings at the events.
In 2012 Dewanto played the Archbishop of Semarang Albertus Soegijapranata in the biopic Soegija, directed by Garin Nugroho.Nugroho said that he cast Dewanto owing to the latter's physical resemblance to Soegijapranata, despite Dewanto not being Catholic; meanwhile, Dewanto said that Nugroho had been very insistent that he take the role. Indah Setiawati, writing for The Jakarta Post, found him to have performed well, although she considered him to appear uncomfortable in some scenes.
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October 25, 2024
TLDR: puisi cinta slash pornografi sastrawi yang dirumit-rumitin. kayak maksa bikin kapal api pake siphon brewer.
dua marga, nirwan dewanto, teroka, 2022
start: 29 sep '22
finish: 1 oct '22
- book of two halves and two personae (didn't mention pound, though namedropped everyone else under the sun)
- first half filled with pornografi sastrawi written by [the persona of] a bourgeois woman poet who turns out to be a lesbian womxn poet in self-imposed exile in california (helping out her tante run a restaurant)
- lowlight: "masukilah aku dengan bersahaja"
- lots of dick metaphors: "gada raja", "sapu lidi", "batang", "pangkal", etc.
- either him [nirwan] projecting his desires for dicks [on the bourgeois woman poet persona] or his fantasies of what a lesbian/transwoman (?) would do to him in bed
- second half, supposedly written by [the persona of] a disaffected balinese poet who doesn't get along with the umbu or the uwrf crowd, is filled with weak pastiches ("piuhan") of mostly non-english foreign poems in their english translations or old poems by dead white males (e.g. ashbery)
- almost no sex this time, the dude poet feels more fulfilled writing poems about a grand piano for the mentally mas-mas [typical kompas/koran tempo poetic conceit]
- illustrations look like either "mangsi" (ink, his favorite word?) or CUM SPLATTER
- book ends with bibliography of all the poems the dude poet makes pastiches out of
---> possible comparo: his pissweak "pastiche" of prévert vs saut's clever prévert allusion
[see link in comments to my previous thread on nirwan's inability to write a proper pastiche]
- [nirwan] never has the guts to not explain his allusions. same ole same ole [problemo]
- there's a weird poem [in first half] where the womxn poet takes on another persona of a caravaggio-era woman painter to write practically a hate letter to woke feminists [so much aggro!]
dua marga, nirwan dewanto, teroka, 2022
start: 29 sep '22
finish: 1 oct '22
- book of two halves and two personae (didn't mention pound, though namedropped everyone else under the sun)
- first half filled with pornografi sastrawi written by [the persona of] a bourgeois woman poet who turns out to be a lesbian womxn poet in self-imposed exile in california (helping out her tante run a restaurant)
- lowlight: "masukilah aku dengan bersahaja"
- lots of dick metaphors: "gada raja", "sapu lidi", "batang", "pangkal", etc.
- either him [nirwan] projecting his desires for dicks [on the bourgeois woman poet persona] or his fantasies of what a lesbian/transwoman (?) would do to him in bed
- second half, supposedly written by [the persona of] a disaffected balinese poet who doesn't get along with the umbu or the uwrf crowd, is filled with weak pastiches ("piuhan") of mostly non-english foreign poems in their english translations or old poems by dead white males (e.g. ashbery)
- almost no sex this time, the dude poet feels more fulfilled writing poems about a grand piano for the mentally mas-mas [typical kompas/koran tempo poetic conceit]
- illustrations look like either "mangsi" (ink, his favorite word?) or CUM SPLATTER
- book ends with bibliography of all the poems the dude poet makes pastiches out of
---> possible comparo: his pissweak "pastiche" of prévert vs saut's clever prévert allusion
[see link in comments to my previous thread on nirwan's inability to write a proper pastiche]
- [nirwan] never has the guts to not explain his allusions. same ole same ole [problemo]
- there's a weird poem [in first half] where the womxn poet takes on another persona of a caravaggio-era woman painter to write practically a hate letter to woke feminists [so much aggro!]
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