Lara Norgaard, 2019-20 Luce Scholar (Indonesia) was recognized as a 2021 PEN American Literary Grant Winner

Published on March 26, 2021

Lara Norgaard, 2019-20 Luce Scholar (Indonesia) was recognized as a 2021 PEN American Literary Grant Winner from the Indonesian of 24 Hours with Gaspar by Sabda Armandio. “Lara Norgaard remakes author Sabda Armandio’s impressive pastiche of genre and dialect with precision and flair, as well as careful attention to the sociopolitical histories out of which yet another story is here told: that of the city of Jakarta.” She spent her Luce year with the Lontar Foundation in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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