She has chosen to become a journalist and writer ever since her graduation. She graduated from Gadjah Mada University’s International Relations Department in 2005 with bachelor's degree in Political Science. Okky was born on Octoin Magetan, East Java, Indonesia. The final of the series called Mata di Dunia Purba is currently being written. Since 2018, Okky has begun writing children novels, and subsequently publishing three children novels of Mata Series, titled Mata di Tanah Melus (2018), Mata dan Rahasia Pulau Gapi (2018) and Mata dan Manusia Laut (2019). The novel has also been available in Arabic as it has been published in Egypt since 2019. Pasung Jiwa also has been translated in German under the title Gebunden in 2015. Her three subsequent novels, 86, Maryam and Pasung Jiwa, have also been translated into English under the title of 86, The Outcast and Bound respectively. Her first novel Entrok, an epic about life under totalitarian and militarism during the Indonesia's New Order era, has been translated into English and was published in July 2013 under the title of The Years of the Voiceless. Okky's novels have been translated into English, German and Arabic. It was published online in December 2019 and can be freely downloaded from her website

Her 10th book is a non-fiction titled Genealogi Sastra Indonesia: Kapitalisme, Islam dan Sastra Perlawanan (Genealogy of Indonesian Literature: Capitalism, Islam and Critical Literature), which tracks the origins of Indonesia's novels today. Okky has published 10 books since 2010, and is known for her exquisite portrayals of the social and political conditions in Indonesia, focusing her writing on resistance against injustice and the struggle for freedom and humanity in her five novels, one short story collection and a series of children's novels. Her novels were shortlisted three years in a row by the award's judges. At the age of 28, she is the youngest ever to win this prestigious award. She won an Indonesian major literary prize, the Khatulistiwa Literary Award, in 2012 for her third novel, Maryam. Okky Puspa Madasari, known as Okky Madasari is an Indonesian novelist, essayist and academic. Social politics, religion, woman, sociologyĮntrok, Maryam, Pasung Jiwa, Kerumunan Terakhir, Mata series Novel, children's novel, short story, essay

National University of Singapore, University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University

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