Okky Madasari

Okky Puspa Madasari known as Okky Madasari is an Indonesian author. She won an Indonesian major literary prize, the Khatulistiwa Literary Award, in 2012 for her third novel, Maryam. At the age of 28, she is the youngest ever to win this prestigious award. Her novels were shortlisted three years in a row by the same awards judges.

Okky was born on October 30, 1984 in Magetan, East Java, Indonesia. She graduated from Gadjah Mada Universitys International Relations Department in 2005 with bachelors degree in Political Science. She has chosen to become a journalist and writer ever since her graduation. In 2012, she took sociology for her masters degree from the University of Indonesia, and graduated in July 2014 with a thesis on Genealogy of Indonesian Novels Capitalism, Islam and Critical Literature.

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