Ahmad Tohari

Ahmad Tohari was born on 13 June 1948 in Tinggarjaya, in the Banyumas region of Java, the fourth of twelve children; his father founded the village's Koranic school. He began medical studies in Jakarta, then economics and political science at Jenderal Sudirman University, without completing them, worked for the national bank, then was an editor at the daily Merdeka and the magazine Amanah. Back in his village, he founded a review in the Banyumasan language in 2009. He received the S.E.A. Write Award in 1995.

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• NovelThe DancerRonggeng Dukuh ParukAhmad Tohari · 1982Literature