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eka kurniawan
Contemporary
Contemporary

eka kurniawan

Born 1975

eka kurniawan is an indonesian writer born in tasikmalaya in 1975. he studied philosophy at gadjah mada university, yogyakarta, and is the author of novels, short stories, essays, movie scripts, and graphic novels. he was longlisted for the man booker international prize 2016, and his work has been translated into thirty-five languages. his epic novel of magical realism, beauty is a wound, has been widely praised internationally. the new york review of books considers kurniawan 'a literary child of günter grass, gabriel garcía márquez, and salman rushdie,' and le monde has suggested that in t…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of eka kurniawan's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.