Tan Lioe Ie
was born in 1958 in Denpasar (Bali, Indonesia). He studied architecture at Jakarta university before completing his undergraduate in economics at Udayana University. His poetry anthology Kita Bersaudara has been translated and published under the title We Are All One. His latest poetry book is Malam Cahaya Lampion. He was invited to the Tasmanian Readers' and Writers' Festival and the Literary Festival Winternachten Overseas in Surinam (2006). He was Writer in Residence in Hobart, Tasmania. He enjoyed to create music of poetry. He is active with the Sanggar Mimum Kopi (SMK) community, Bali, and the guest editor of Coast Lines magazines and editor of CAK and Paradox.
Past events
Indonesia now: new and innovative poetry
Violetta Simatupang and Tan Lioe Ie talk to Tsead Bruinja about the role of engagement in modern Indonesian literature and the fears experienced in Indonesia. In English.
lord horror: international poetry reading
Listen and shiver! Ashur Etwebi, Eva Gerlach and Tan Lioe Ie perform their lord horror. Yra van Dijk talks to the poets about poetry and fear. In English.
