Gratiagusti Chananya Rompas (Indonesia) is a poet whose poetry collections include Kota Ini Kembang Api and Non-Spesifik. She also has a column, ‘From Our Breakfast Table’, on The Murmur House. She is a founder of Komunitas BungaMatahari, an Indonesian poetry community that has embraced many poetry enthusiasts with its catchphrase ‘semua bisa berpuisi’ or, roughly translated, ‘poetry for all’. She is also involved in Selatan, an online literary journal in Bahasa Indonesia, and Paviliun Puisi, a monthly open mic poetry event. While she writes on the subjects of memory and place, she also explores themes of day-to-day life, motherhood and mental illness through writing in collaboration with other art forms, such as film, music, drawing, painting and dancing.
Gratiagusti Chananya Rompas (Indonesia)
