Lontar Foundation

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| founded_date = 1987

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* [[Goenawan Mohamad]]

* [[Goenawan Mohamad]]

* [[Sapardi Djoko Damono]]

* [[Sapardi Djoko Damono]]

* [[John H. McGlynn]]

* [[John H. McGlynn]]

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| location = Jl. Danau Laut Tawar No. 53, Pejompongan, Jakarta 10210 Indonesia

| location = Jl. Danau Laut Tawar No. 53, Pejompongan, Jakarta 10210 Indonesia

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The foundation is an independent organization whose core activity is the translation and publication of Indonesian literary works.

The foundation is an independent organization whose core activity is the translation and publication of Indonesian literary works.

One of Lontar's most noted works is ''Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia: Featuring Manuscripts from the National Library of Indonesia''. According to Associate Professor Jean Gelman Taylor from the University of New South Wales, "Wetherhill and the Lontar Foundation have made a major contribution to scholarship by bringing together in one book these samples of Indonesia's intellectual and artistic heritage."{{cite journal | last = Taylor | first = Jean Gelman | year = 1998 | title = ''Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia'' by Ann Kumar; John H. McGlynn. Review by: Jean Gelman Taylor | journal = [[The Journal of Asian Studies]] | volume = 57 | issue = 3 | pages = 916–919 | jstor = 2658818 }}

One of Lontar's most noted works is ''Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia: Featuring Manuscripts from the National Library of Indonesia''. According to Associate Professor Jean Gelman Taylor from the University of New South Wales, "Wetherhill and the Lontar Foundation have made a major contribution to scholarship by bringing together in one book these samples of Indonesia's intellectual and artistic heritage."{{cite journal | last = Taylor | first =Jean Gelman | year = 1998 | title = ''Illuminations: The Writing Traditions of Indonesia'' by Ann Kumar; John H. McGlynn. Review by: Jean Gelman Taylor | journal = [[The Journal of Asian Studies]] | volume = 57 | issue = 3 | pages = 916–919 | jstor = 2658818 }}

Lontar also published ''Indonesia in the Soeharto Years: Issues, Incidents and images'' written by [[John H. McGlynn]] and a large number of other writers. According to Katharine McGregor, Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Melbourne, "[a] strength of the work is the rich collection of photographs which document key protests, acts of violence, street life and Indonesian protest art."{{cite journal |last=McGregor |first=Katharine |date=13 April 2008 |title=Book Reviews-Indonesia in the Soeharto years: Issues Incidents and Images|journal=Inside Indonesia |issn=0814-1185 |accessdate=30 October 2012|url=http://www.insideindonesia.org/weekly-articles/book-reviews |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130415020152/http://www.insideindonesia.org/weekly-articles/book-reviews|archivedate=15 April 2013|url-status=dead }}

Lontar also published ''Indonesia in the Soeharto Years: Issues, Incidents and images'' written by [[John H. McGlynn]] and a large number of other writers. According to Katharine McGregor, Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Melbourne, "[a] strength of the work is the rich collection of photographs which document key protests, acts of violence, street life and Indonesian protest art."{{cite journal |last=McGregor |first=Katharine |date=13 April 2008 |title=Book Reviews-Indonesia in the Soeharto years: Issues Incidents and Images|journal=Inside Indonesia |issn=0814-1185 |accessdate=30 October 2012|url=http://www.insideindonesia.org/weekly-articles/book-reviews |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130415020152/http://www.insideindonesia.org/weekly-articles/book-reviews|archivedate=15 April 2013|url-status=dead }}

In 2010, the Lontar Foundation published the ''Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama'', the first anthology of Indonesian drama translated into English, featuring a diverse group of translators such as [[Harry Aveling]], an authority on Indonesian and Malay literature, among others. In May 2011, the Lontar Foundation launched a new series of Indonesian literature translated into English called the ''Modern Library of Indonesia'', featuring works from the 1920s until the present, including authors such as [[Putu Wijaya]] and [[Dewi Lestari]].{{cite news|title=Found in Translation: Putting Indonesian Novels on the Map |author=Katrin Figge |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/arts/found-in-translation-putting-indonesian-novels-on-the-map/442007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204011146/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/arts/found-in-translation-putting-indonesian-novels-on-the-map/442007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |newspaper=The Jakara Globe |location=Jakarta, Indonesia |date=20 May 2011 |accessdate=30 October 2012 }} According to [[Tempo (Indonesian magazine)|''Tempo'']], "[Lontar] has inarguably become Indonesia's foremost literary foundation, and now has under its belt an impressive collection of translated literary works, from prose to poetry to drama."{{cite journal |last=Kusumaatmadja |first=Kendisan |date=23–29 January 2012 |title=A Portrait of Our Times|journal=Tempo |pages=40–41 |issn=0126-4273 |accessdate=2 February 2012|url=http://eng.tempointeraktif.com/arsip/2012/01/25/BK/mbm.20120125.BK24131.id.php }}

In 2010, the Lontar Foundation published the ''Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama'', the first anthology of Indonesian drama translated into English, featuring a diverse group of translators such as [[Harry Aveling]], an authority on Indonesian and Malay literature, among others. In May 2011, the Lontar Foundation launched a new series of Indonesian literature translated into English called the ''Modern Library of Indonesia'', featuring works from the 1920s until the present, including authors such as [[Putu Wijaya]] and [[Dewi Lestari]].{{cite news|title=Found in Translation: Putting Indonesian Novels on the Map |author=Katrin Figge |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/arts/found-in-translation-putting-indonesian-novels-on-the-map/442007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204011146/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/arts/found-in-translation-putting-indonesian-novels-on-the-map/442007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |newspaper=The Jakara Globe |location=Jakarta, Indonesia |date=20 May 2011 |accessdate=30 October 2012 }} According to [[Tempo (Indonesian magazine)|''Tempo'']], "[Lontar] has inarguably become Indonesia's foremost literary foundation, and now has under its belt an impressive collection of translated literary works, from prose to poetry to drama."{{cite journal |last=Kusumaatmadja |first=Kendisan |date=23–29 January 2012 |title=A Portrait of Our Times|journal=Tempo |pages=40–41 |issn=0126-4273 |accessdate=2 February 2012|url=http://eng.tempointeraktif.com/arsip/2012/01/25/BK/mbm.20120125.BK24131.id.php }}

==Selected publications==

==Selected publications==