Andrea Hirata
Andrea Hirata
Andrea Hirata is an Indonesian author best known for the 2005 novel Laskar Pelangiand its sequels...
NationalityIndonesian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryIndonesia
afford apartment area building buy couples full kindly magic meant offered outside scenery southern worked
The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me.
writing fighting expectations
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.
children distance writing
From a building right in front of my windows, I can observe the speed of the sunrises and sunsets. The voices of children playing, laughing, yelling, and crying on the playground crawl up to the eighth floor, where I write. Their voices sound so innocent from a distance.
sports children news
When I was a child, I saw in the news that a person from Belitung had done well in sports in Jakarta, and I just couldn't imagine that it was possible for someone from here to become famous, and it's still very isolated out here.
voice six novel
It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer,
voice people stories
My story is the story of forgotten people and the voice of the voiceless.
sibling married my-siblings
I am the only one who is not married among my siblings.
world mathematics bohemian
I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.
stars coffee airplane
Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport.