She discusses the challenges she faced working on her translation during the pandemic and being a champion of Indonesian literature.
Tiffany Tsao
Tiffany Tsao translates Indonesian fiction and poetry into English, and also writes fiction
Born in San Diego, US, in 1983, Tsao has published three book-length translations to date. Her translation of Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s Sergius Seeks Bacchus was awarded a PEN Translates grant and shortlisted for the 2021 NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. Her third novel, The Majesties, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award. She holds a Ph.D. in English from UC-Berkeley and currently lives in Australia.
All nominated books
A powerful blend of science fiction, absurdism and alternative-historical realism that aims to destabilise the heteronormative world and expose its underlying rot
Translated by Tiffany Tsao
