User:Ahmadun21

Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda was known as an Indonesian contemporary poet, with social-religious and Sufism poetries. Some times his name was wrote as Ahmadun YH, Ahmadun Herfanda, or AYH (ayeha). He was born at January 17, 1958, in Kaliwungu, Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia. He has finished Master of Arts in Literary at Yogyakarta National University, in 1986. Than, in 2005 he finished Master of Information Technology at Paramadina Mulia University, Jakarta. Now (2007) he find a fellowship to finish his PhD in art philosophy. He writing poems, short stories, essays, and novel, that were published at many newspapers, magazines, journals, radio, television, and web sites, like Horison, Kompas, Republika, Sinar Harapan, Suara Pembaruan, Basis, Ulumul Qur’an, Bahana (Brunei Darussalam), Indosiar (television, Indonesia), Deutche Welle (radio, Germany), jurnal Indonesia and the Malay World (London), Mastera, Poetry.com (USA), and Cybersastra.com. He often read his poetry (poetry reading) at many art events in Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, United State of America (USA), Singapore, and Indonesia. He also often invited to be speaker at national and international art forums (art events) in Indonesia, Malaysia, USA and Egypt. And, he also often become a jury at many literary or arts contest and festival. He active in many art organizations, for example, Komunitas Sastra Indonesia (KSI -- The Community of Indonesia Literary, chairman, 1999-2002), Masyarakat Sastra Jakarta (MSJ -- The Jakarta Literary Society, founder and consultant), Himpunan Sarjana Kesastraan Indonesia (HISKI – The Indonesia Literary Academician Association, chairman, 1992-1994), and Forum Lingkar Pena (FLP – Pen Circle Forum, consultant, 1997-2005). Now, he has main job as a journalist and art editor at Republika Daily Newspaper. He live at Jln. Alamanda Mas II, Vila Pamulang Mas Blok L-3 No. 9, Pamulang, Ciputat 15415, Indonesia. Phone/Fax: 62-21-7444765. Mobile: 081315382096. Email: ahmadun21@yahoo.com. Other information about him can search from www.google.com, or www.google.co.id, Wikipedia and www.yahoo.com.

Books and Writings:

• Ladang Hijau (The Green Fields, poetry collection, 1980)
• Sang Matahari (The Sun, poetry colection, 1984)
• Sajak Penari (The Dancer Verses, poetry collection, 1991)
• Fragmen-Fragmen Kekalahan (Losing Fragments, poetry collection, Angkasa, Bandung, 1996)
• Sembahyang Rumputan (The Worshipping Grass, poetry collection, Bentang Budaya,Yogyakarta, 1996)
• Sebelum Tertawa Dilarang (Before Laugh be Banned, short story collection, Balai Pustaka, Jakarta, 1996)
• Dialektika Sastra, Tasawuf dan Alquran (The Quran, Sufism and Literary Dialectic, book manucript, 1986-2002)
• Koridor yang Terbelah (The Corridor Cracked, essay collection, book manuscript, 2002)
• Ciuman Pertama untuk Tuhan (The First Kissing for God, poems collection, bilingual, 2003)
• Sebutir Kepala dan Seekor Kucing (A Head and A Cat, short story collection, Bening Publishing, Jakarta, 2004)
• The Worshipping Grass (poetry collection, bilingual, Bening Publishing, Jakarta, 2005)
• Badai Laut Biru (The Blue Sea Storm, short story collection, Senayan Abadi Publishing, Jakarta, 2004).
• Kolusi (Power Scandal, short story, 2006).
• Many poems and short stories were collected in Tonggak 4 (poetry, Linus Suryadi AG, ed, Gramedia, Jakarta, 1987), Waves of Wonder (poetry, Heather Leah Huddleston, ed., International Library of Poetry, Maryland, USA, Juni, 2002), Secrets Need Words (poetry, Harry Aveling, ed., Ohio University, USA, 2001), The Poets Chant (poetry, Margaret Agusta, ed., The Istiqlal Festival, Jakarta, 1995), Ketika Kata Ketika Warna (poetry, Taufiq Ismail, ed. Yayasan Ananda, Jakarta, 1995), Puisi Indonesia 1997 (poetry, KSI-Angkasa, Bandung, 1997), Paradoks Kilas Balik (short stories, Sinar Harapan, Jakarta, 1998), Angkatan 2000 (poetry, Korrie Layun Rampan, ed, Gramedia, Jakarta, 2001), dan Horison Kitab Puisi (poetry, Taufiq Ismail, ed., Horison-Ford Foundation, Jakarta, 2001), and be read at Poetry of The Moon, Deutche Welle, Germany (1999-2002).

• MABIMS Award (ASEAN poetry contest, MABIMS, Brunei Darussalam, 1997)
• Iqra Award (national poetry contest, Iqra Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1992)
• Suara Merdeka Award (national short story contest, Semarang, Indonesia, 1992)
• Editor Choice Award (international poetry contest, The Interna-tional Library of Poetry, USA, 2002).
• Sanggar Bambu Award (national short story contest, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1992)
• Some awards from many contest and art events.