Herlinatiens

Herlinatiens' first novel, Garis Tepi Seorang Lesbian, is about a lesbian who is discriminated against by her culture and family. The book's first run sold out quickly and the publisher started a second run two weeks later. The novel made Herlinatiens a cult leader among young women,{{cite journal|url=http://www.insideindonesia.org/edition-76/writing-at-sexualitya-s-margins |title=Writing at sexuality's margins |journal=Inside Indonesia |volume=76 |date=December 2003 |access-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084812/http://www.insideindonesia.org/edition-76/writing-at-sexualitya-s-margins |archive-date=July 6, 2010 }} and a champion of the gay and lesbian community.{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/07/06/author-herlina-brings-taboo-issue-out-closet-debut-novel.html |title=Author Herlina brings taboo issue out of the closet in debut novel |newspaper=Jakarta Post |date=July 6, 2003 |access-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011161723/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/07/06/author-herlina-brings-taboo-issue-out-closet-debut-novel.html |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }} The novel is considered the "coming out" for Indonesian writings about gays and lesbians.

{{cite conference|last1=Johan |first1=Rizki Theodorus |title=Discovering the Others: Unearthing Homosexual Identity Construction in Selected Indonesia Contemporary Novels and Short Stories |book-title=The Asian Conference on Literature & Librarianship; Official Conference Proceedings |publisher=International Academic Forum |year=2011 |url=http://iafor.org/LIBRASIA_PROCEEDINGS_2011.pdf |pages=196–206 |access-date=June 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034813/http://iafor.org/LIBRASIA_PROCEEDINGS_2011.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }} The book caused strong controversy in Indonesia{{cite book | first=Diah Ariani | last=Arimbi | title=Reading contemporary Indonesian Muslim women writers | publisher=Amsterdam University Press | location=Amsterdam, Netherlands | year=2009 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrhGD6ztEgoC&pg=PA187 | access-date=June 22, 2011 | isbn=978-90-8964-089-5}} and provided thought for scholarly research.{{cite journal | author=Soe Tjen Marching | title=Herlinatiens: between lesbianism, Islam and feminism | journal=Inter-Asia Cultural Studies | issue=1 | volume=9 | year=2008 | pages=7–26 | doi=10.1080/14649370701789591 | s2cid=143366752 }}{{cite journal | author=Vice Admira Firnaherera | title=Gender relations in the novel Garis Tepi Seorang Lesbian | journal=SKRIPSI Literature Indonesia - Faculty of Letters, UM | year=2008 | url=http://karya-ilmiah.um.ac.id/index.php/sastra-indonesia/article/view/240 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000429/http://karya-ilmiah.um.ac.id/index.php/sastra-indonesia/article/view/240 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 26, 2012 | access-date=June 12, 2011 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.rnw.nl/bahasa-indonesia/article/potret-homoseksualitas-dalam-film-dan-novel-indonesia-kelam | title=Portrait of Homosexuality in Film and Novel Indonesia: Tenebrous | publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide | date=November 5, 2009 | access-date=June 26, 2011}}{{citation | author=Tracy L Wright Webster | title=Beyond the 'Closet': The Voices Of Lesbian Women In Yogyakarta | publisher=Centre for Women’s Studies; State Institute of Islamic Studies | year=2004}} Her second book, Dejavu, Sayap yang Pecah, also became a bestseller.{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/11/20/chicklit-author-unveils-sabrina039s-dream-charm-message.html |title=Chick-lit author unveils Sabrina's dream with charm, message |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=November 20, 2005 |access-date=June 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011161600/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/11/20/chicklit-author-unveils-sabrina039s-dream-charm-message.html |archive-date=October 11, 2012 }}

Currently, she is part of the staff and research team for Yayasan Umar Kayam, a non-profit foundation for the culture and arts in Indonesia.{{cite web|url=http://www.umarkayam.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=72 |title=Expert Staff and Researchers |publisher=Yayasan Umar Kayam |access-date=June 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326034734/http://www.umarkayam.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=72 |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }} She lives in Yogyakarta and is working toward her master's degree in cultural studies at Sanata Dharma University.

The book, Margins of a Lesbian in English, begins with Ashmora Paria, an Indonesian woman with three children. She was married and living in Paris, France with her female partner, Ri. Paria and Ri have become estranged and Paria has moved back to Indonesia at the start of the book. Paria meets Davia, a female student who has had relations with men. At first Paria resists her feelings for Davia, but her loneliness is too strong and she starts a relationship with Davia. Paria also has correspondence via letters with two other people, Gita, a housewife and Rafael, a Catholic priest. The book deals with her struggle with isolationism, rumors and ultimately being marginalized. She vents her anger and feeling through her letters to Gita and Rafael.

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• (Indonesian) "[http://herlinatiens.wordpress.com Herlinatiens Blog]", Ode Jari Manis
• (English) {{Facebook|id=herlinatiens/55425712781|name=Herlinatiens}}
• {{YouTube|user = herlinatiens}}

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Category:1982 births

Category:Indonesian writers

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