Australia
Albert Chen (2004), Australia
During his residency Taiwanese writer and academic Albert Chen was hosted by the Asialink Centre and Trinity College. Chen took part in Midsumma and Emerging Writers’ Festival activities, interviewing participants and identifying comparatives between Melbourne and Taiwanese queer culture. Visits to ACMI aided in the development of a science fiction novel, which will see Sydney as a main ‘character’ of the work. Chen also published a piece on muliticulturalism and food, based on research into the food of the Chinese diaspora in Melbourne. Chen’s visit culminated in the publication of one of his poems in both English and Chinese in Meanjin.
Supported by the Australia-China Council and the Australia Council.
Supported by the Australia-China Council and the Australia Council.
Dorothea Rosa Herliany (2000), Australia
Dorothea Rosa Herliany writes short stories and poetry, as well as running a publishing company in Indonesia. Her work boldly and uncompromisingly explores the tensions arising from conventional patriarchal expectations towards women in a rapidly changing Indonesia. The first Asialink Literature Resident to Australia in 2000, she was hosted by the University of Western Australia and La Trobe University, Melbourne as well as giving talks in Tasmania and Sydney. During her residency Herliany worked on a bilingual translation of her poetry with Harry Aveling from La Trobe University as well as writing a great deal of new material inspired by her visit to Australia.
Supported by the Australia Indonesia Institute and La Trobe University.