Arianto Adipurwanto Receives Sitor Situmorang Award at Ubud Festival 2026

The Sitor Situmorang Award was presented for the first time at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (21–25 October 2026). The award is an initiative of the Sitor Situmorang Foundation, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and Writers Unlimited, recognising promising young Indonesian writers.

The inaugural winner is Arianto Adipurwanto, who will travel to The Hague as part of the award to attend Writers Unlimited Festival 2027. The award marks the beginning of an international collaboration between Writers Unlimited, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and the Sitor Situmorang Foundation, which will continue in the coming years.

At Writers Unlimited Festival 2025, famous Indonesian poet Sitor Situmorang was celebrated in a special programme exploring his life and work, The Tale of Two Continents.