In an interview with Detik on Wednesday (15/5), Jokpin said he never expected his poems would become very popular and enliven the Indonesian literary scene. His poetry books were reprinted even during the pandemic.
“My works are well received. This has erased all my doubt,” said Jokpin.
To date, Joko Pinurbo’s works have been translated into English, German, and Mandarin. He had also won many awards, among others Jakarta Arts Council Poetry Book Award (2001), Sih Award (2001), Lontar Literature Prize (2001), Tempo’s Influential Literary Figures (2001, 2012), Badan Bahasa’s Literature Award (2002, 2014), Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa (2005, 2015), and South East Asian (SEA) Write Award (2014). (rr)