Tan Lioe Ie


Tan Lioe Ie is an Indonesian poet, the first poet in Indonesia who uses Chinese symbolic images in his poetry. Among friends he is called as Yokie.

Brief biography

He was born and lives on the island of Bali. He studied architecture at the Jakarta University which he hasn't graduated. In 1996, he completed the management course at the Faculty of Economics of Udayana University. He works as an editor of the cultural magazines “Cak” and “Paradoks”. Participant of poetry festivals in Indonesia, Holland, France, Tasmania, Suriname, South Africa. He used to be also a guitarist of the band "Ariesta". A member of the literary association "Sanggar Minum Kopi".

Creativity

He is an adherent of the so-called musicalization of poetry, literary journal "Horison". The author of the five collections of poetry, including two on CDs. The most popular poems are Catatan Gila, Perahu Daun, Mimpi Buruk, Tak Lagi. In addition, the poems of the poet are included in nine collective anthologies. The poems are translated into English, Bulgarian, Dutch, Chinese, German, Russian and French.

Awards