Stefani Hidajat (born August 12, 1985 in

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) is a female

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n writer. She grew up in

and

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. Stefani Hid attended Petra Christian University majoring in

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. She completed her master's degree at University of Münster and currently resides in

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, Germany Stefani has been absent from her home country Indonesia and living in Germany for more than 10 years.

Literary work

Stefani Hid has written novels, short-stories, and columns. Her first novel ''Bukan Saya, Tapi Mereka Yang Gila'' (''It’s Not Me, but It’s Them Who’re Crazy!)'' was published by Kata Kita publishing in 2004. After the publication of her first novel, she has been written some short stories which has been published in newspapers, magazines and journals: '' Jurnal Prosa'', ''

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'', '' Suara Merdeka'', '' Media Indonesia'', '' Spice!'' and ''

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''. Her second novel, ''Soulmate: Belahan Jiwa'' (''Soulmate''), was published in the same year by Kata Kita publishing, followed by her third novel, ''Cerita Dante'' (''Dante's Story''), which was published in 2006 by Grasindo publishing. In 2008, Grasindo publishing published her short stories collection entitled ''Oz'' (''Oz''). Stefani Hid's novels and short stories deal with the theme of existentialism, fatalism and absurdity. Stefani Hid also wrote for a column about men and sex called "Opposite" in

men's magazine ''Matra''. Her short story "Penghuni Kepalaku" ("The Inhabitant of my Head") has been translated into German with the title "Mein Kopfbewohner", together with some Indonesian writers in ''Duft der Asche: Literarische Stimmen indonesischer Frauen'' and has been presented by Nicola Toelke in Hubi,

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, Germany. Some parts of her first novel ''Bukan Saya, Tapi Mereka Yang Gila'' (''It’s Not Me, but It’s Them Who’re Crazy!)'' have been translated into English together with other writers in ''Menagerie 7: People like Us'' In 2012,

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published her novel ''Katzenjammer: Cerita Tentang Henning dan Aya'' (''Katzenjammer: A Story about Henning and Aya''). In 2021, Stefani Hid, this time under her real full name Stefani Hidajat, published a collection of her cartoons in English called Mama Poochie.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hid, Stefani 1985 births Living people Indonesian women novelists Indonesian novelists People from Surabaya 21st-century novelists Indonesian women short story writers Indonesian short story writers Indonesian columnists Indonesian women columnists 21st-century short story writers 21st-century Indonesian writers 21st-century Indonesian women writers Petra Christian University alumni 21st-century Indonesian women journalists 21st-century Indonesian journalists