Jakarta International Literary Festival Explained

Jakarta International Literary Festival
JILF
Years Active:2019 – present
Dates:20–24 August 2019
Website:https://www.jilf.id/

Jakarta International Literary Festival or JILF is an annual literary festival held at Jakarta in Indonesia. The goal of the festival is to promote Indonesian literature in international literary platforms. The first literary festival was taken place at the Taman Ismail Marzuki, which was initiated by Jakarta Arts Council.[1] The Jakarta Arts Council is an organization founded by Indonesian artists, which had been officially stated by then Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin, on June 17, 1969.

Authors from Asia and Africa are to participate in the festival.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jakarta’s literary festival to highlight Southern identity. The Jakarta Post. 30 July 2019.
  2. News: Dewan Kesenian Jakarta Undang Penulis Adania Shibli di JILF 2019. Tempo. 30 July 2019.