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'''Harry Aveling''' (born 1942 in Sydney) is an Australian scholar, translator and teacher. He specialises in Indonesian and Malaysian literature, and Translation Studies.<ref name=Lexicon>{{cite book |last1=Rampan|first1=Korrie Layun |author-link=Korrie Layun Rampan |title=Leksikon Susastra Indonesia|trans-title=Lexicon of Indonesian Literature|edition=First|year=2000|publisher=Balai Pustaka |location=Jakarta|language=id|isbn=979-666-358-9|pages=184}}</ref><ref name="La Trobe2">{{cite web |url=http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/staff/profile?uname=HGAveling |title=La Trobe University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Staff profile page |year=2012 |access-date=11 September 2012 |archive-date=26 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126123744/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/staff/profile?uname=HGAveling |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Malay Studies from the National University of Singapore and Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) from the University of Technology, Sydney. Besides his academic writing, he has translated extensively from Indonesian and Malay, from Vietnamese Francophone literature, and also co-translated from Hindi.<ref name="Lexicon"/><ref name="La Trobe2"/> He has been awarded the ''Anugerah Pengembangan Sastra'' (Literature Development Award) for his translation work.<ref name="JP2">{{cite news|title=Translator tells more than words can say |work=The Jakarta Post |date=21 April 2002 |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2002/04/21/translator-tells-more-words-can-say.html |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820092812/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2002/04/21/translator-tells-more-words-can-say.html}}</ref> Aveling has two sons, a daughter and five granddaughters.
In the early 1960s Aveling began studying Indonesian and Malay. He lived in Malaysia for three years of "total immersion" during the 1970s. He later described this as a time when the Malaysian government was in desperate need for foreign professors to teach in their newly revitalised education system; Malay teachers during the period were earning doctorates abroad. By this time he had already translated several volumes.<ref name="ohio">{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalstudies.ohio.edu/people/Aveling.html|title=An Interview with Harry Aveling |author=Maria Gallucci |publisher=Center for International Studies, University of Ohio |year=2009 |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=2 January 2015 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102110848/http://www.internationalstudies.ohio.edu/people/Aveling.html}}</ref>
Aveling has held the rank of adjunct professor of Southeast Asian Literature at Ohio University since 2002. In 2001 Ohio University Press published his study of Indonesian poetry during the New Order under President Suharto, which outlined the development of the medium in its socio-historical context. Writing for ''The Jakarta Post'', Lie Hua noted that it was perhaps the first such study but that it had several mistranslations.<ref name="JP1">{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2002/06/16/indonesian-poetry-revealing-truth-lies-beneath.html |title=Indonesian poetry: Revealing the truth that lies beneath |work=The Jakarta Post |date=16 June 2002 |archive-date=20 August 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820090654/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2002/06/16/indonesian-poetry-revealing-truth-lies-beneath.html}}</ref> By this time he had translated more than 50 volumes of Indonesian and Malay literature.<ref name="JP2"/> In 2006 he served as visiting professor of Translation Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia.<ref name="UI1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ui.ac.id/id/news/archive/2716 |title=Universitas Indonesia Berita Fakulas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya (FIB) |date=29 May 2006 |access-date=11 September 2012 |language=id |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218192709/http://www.ui.ac.id/id/news/archive/2716 |archive-date=18 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Aveling was a Member of the Doctoral Studies Committee for the Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and taught there in 2008 and 2009. In late 2010, he taught in the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.<ref name="Gajah Mada1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ugm.ac.id/en/?q=news/research-masculinity-still-limited |title=Universitas Gadjah Mada Seminar / workshop |date=11 May 2010 |access-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref> He is a Fellow of the Stockholm Collegium for World Literary History, Stockholm University, representing island Southeast Asia. He was President of the Australian Association for Literary Translation, 2005–2008, and is currently Immediate Past President of the Malaysia and Singapore Society, a regional subgroup of the Asian Studies Association of Australia.
He currently holds Adjunct Full Professorships in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University<ref name="La Trobe2"/> and the School of Literatures, Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University,<ref name="Monash">{{cite web |url=http://profiles.arts.monash.edu.au/harry-aveling/ |title=Monash University Faculty of Arts Staff profile page |year=2012 |access-date=10 October 2012 }}</ref> both in Melbourne, Australia. In Fall 2014 he was visiting professor of English in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland, College Park.
In Nov, 2015, Dr Aveling returned to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as a visiting professor to teach the course "Translation Studies" for Vietnamese MA students by the invitation of the Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature.
In 2019 Dr Aveling was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Translation Prize.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Perkins|first=Cathy|date=Summer 2019|title=Excellence in Literature and History|journal=SL Magazine|volume=12|issue=4|pages=52–55}}</ref>
==Publications== ===Translations=== *Harry Aveling / Peter Friedlander (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Charandas | first = Sant | title = The Treasury of Devotion | publisher = Prestige | location = Delhi, India | year = 2014 | isbn = 9789382186342 }} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Ibrahim | first = A Ghafar | title = Tak Tun | publisher = Institut Terjemahan dan Buku Malaysia | location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | year = 2014 | isbn = 9789674303082 }} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Ibrahim | first = A Ghafar | title = Tan Sri Bulan | publisher = Institut Terjemahan dan Buku Malaysia | location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | year = 2014 | isbn = 9789674305185 }} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Herliany | first = Dorothea Rosa | title = Cuma Tubuh Cuma Tubuh: A Body Only a Body | publisher = Waktoe | location = Borobudur, Indonesia | year = 2013 | isbn = 9786029678611 }} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ Herliany, Dorothea Rosa (2013). ''Morphology of Desire'', Jakarta, Indonesia: Lontar Foundation. ISBN 9786029144307. *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Lestari | first = Dewi | title = Supernova : the knight, the princess, and the falling star | publisher = Lontar Foundation | location = Jakarta, Indonesia | year = 2010 | isbn = 9789798083839 | oclc = 741273897 }} *Harry Aveling / {{cite book | last = Duy Khiêm | first = Pham | title = Legends from serene lands : classical Vietnamese stories | publisher = Prestige Books | location = New Delhi, India | year = 2008 | isbn = 9788178510422 | oclc = 313061512}} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Heraty | first = Toety | title = Rainbow :18 Indonesian Women Poets | publisher = Jogja | location = Jogjakarta, Indonesia | year = 2008 | isbn = 9789787750667 | oclc = 298707230}} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Ghafar Ibrahim | first = Abdul | title = Takkan hilang |trans-title=Never vanish | publisher = Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka | location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | year = 2008 | isbn = 9789836298614 | oclc = 280529655}} *Harry Aveling (trans) / {{cite book | last = Rosa Herliany | first = Dorothea | title = Sebuah radio, kumatikan | trans-title = Kill the radio : poems | publisher = Todmorden | location = Norwich, UK | year = 2007 | isbn = 9781904614111 | oclc = 74525928 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/killradiosebuahr0000herl }} *Harry Aveling (trans)/ {{cite book | last = Ghafar Ibrahim | first = Abdul | title = Ahhh ... sajak-sajak terpilih |trans-title=Ahhh ... selected poems | publisher = Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka | location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | year = 2005 | oclc = 551985310 }} *Harry Aveling (trans) / {{cite book | last = Rosa Herliany | first = Dorothea | title = Santa Rosa |trans-title=Saint Rosa : poems | publisher = IndonesiaTera | location = Magelang, Indonesia | year = 2005 | oclc = 62750450}} *Harry Aveling / {{cite book | last = Friedlander | first = Peter | title = Daya Bai ki Bani |trans-title=The Songs of Daya Bai | publisher = Prestige Books | location = New Delhi, India | year = 2005 | isbn = 9788175511699 | oclc = 71719808}} *Harry Aveling (trans) / {{cite book | last = Rosa Herliany | first = Dorothea | title = Life sentences : selected poems | publisher = IndonesiaTera | location = Magelang, Indonesia | year = 2004 | isbn = 9789799375988 | oclc = 58535821}} *Harry Aveling {{cite book | title = Secrets need words, Indonesian poetry, 1966–1998 |trans-title=Rahasia Membutuhkan Kata, Puisi Indonesia,1966–1998 | publisher = IndonesiaTera | location = Magelang, Indonesia | year = 2003 | isbn = 9789799375834 | oclc = 225524256}} *Harry Aveling {{cite book | title = Rumah sastra Indonesia | publisher = IndonesiaTera | location = Magelang, Indonesia | year = 2002 | isbn = 9789799375735 | oclc = 54822631}} *Harry Aveling (trans) / {{cite book | last = Mat Piah | first = Harun | title = Traditional Malay literature |trans-title=Kesusasteraan Melayu tradisional | publisher = Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka | location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | year = 2002 | isbn = 9789836272027 | oclc = 54493809}} *Harry Aveling / Linda Owens(trans) / {{cite book | last = Pinurbo | first = Joko | title = Trouser doll : selected poems, 1989–1998 |trans-title=Celana | publisher = Lontar Foundation | location = Jakarta, Indonesia | year = 2002 | isbn = 9789798083440 | oclc = 54529315}} *Harry Aveling(ed and trans) / {{cite book | title = Secrets Need Words: Indonesian Poetry 1966–1998 | publisher = Ohio University Center for International Studies | location = Athens, Ohio | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780896802162 | oclc = 45639114}} *Harry Aveling (trans) / {{cite book | last = Danarto | title = Abracadabra, Second edition | publisher = Metafor Publishing | location = Jakarta, Indonesia | year = 2001 | oclc = 66208018}} *Harry Aveling / Sudha Joshi(trans) / {{cite book | last = Bāī | first = Sahajo | title = Sahaj Prakash |trans-title=The brightness of simplicity | publisher = Motilal Banarasidass Publishers | location = Delhi, India | year = 2001 | isbn = 9788120817753 | oclc = 47790650}} *Harry Aveling / Sudha Joshi(trans) / {{cite book | last = Rajneesh | first = Osho | title = Jagat Taraiya Bhor Ki |trans-title=The last morning star | publisher = Rebel Foundation | location = Pune, India | year = 2000 | isbn = 8172611641}} *Harry Aveling (trans) (1976) ''Di Bumi Lain = in another world'', Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. *Harry Aveling (trans) / Danarto (2001). ''Abracadabra'', Jakarta: Metafor Publishing. *Harry Aveling (trans) (2001). ''Secrets Need Words: Indonesian Poetry 1966-1998'', Athens OH: Ohio University Center for International Studies (Research in international studies) *Harry Aveling (trans) / Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1991). ''The Girl From The Coast'', Singapore: Select Books. *Harry Aveling (trans) (1977). ''Cermin: Indonesian short stories'', Western Australian Institute of Technology, Dept. of Asian Studies. *Harry Aveling (trans) / Ahmad Kamal Abdullah, Krishen Jit (1976). ''Di bumi lain'', Kuala Lumpur: Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP). *Harry Aveling (trans) / Abdul Hadi Wiji Muthari, Calzoum Sutardji Bachri (1976). ''Arjuna in Meditation: three young Indonesian poets'', Calcutta: Lal and Calcutta: Writers Workshop (Saffronbird book). *Harry Aveling (trans) / Rivai Apin (1975). ''Dari dua dunia belum sudah: collected verse of Rivai Apin'', Clayton, Victoria: Southeast Asian Studies Program, Murdoch University. *Harry Aveling (trans) (1975). ''Gestapu: Indonesian short stories on the abortive Communist coup of 30th September 1965'', Honolulu: Southeast Asian Studies Program, University of Hawaii. *Harry Aveling (trans) / Samad A Said (1975). ''Salina'', Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. *Harry Aveling (trans) / Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1975). ''A heap of ashes'', St. Lucia: Univ. of Queensland Press (Asia and Pacific Writing, 6). *Harry Aveling (trans) / Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1975). ''The fugitive'', Hong Kong: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) (Writing in Asia Series). *Harry Aveling (trans) / Arifin C Noer (1974). ''Moths'', Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. *Harry Aveling (trans) / {{cite book | last = Rendra | first = W. S. | title = Contemporary Indonesian poetry : poems in Bahasa Indonesia and English | url = https://archive.org/details/contemporaryindo00rend | url-access = registration | publisher = University of Queensland Press | location = St. Lucia, Queensland | year = 1974 | isbn = 0702209325 }} *Burton Raffel, Harry Aveling, and Derwent May (trans) (1974) ''Ballads and blues'' , Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press (Oxford in Asia Modern Authors). *Harry Aveling (trans) / Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim (1974). ''Moon kite: poem'', Kuala Lumpur. *Harry Aveling (trans) (1972). ''Translations of contemporary Indonesian poetry'', New York: Asia Society of New York. *Harry Aveling (trans) / Rendra, W. S. (1971). ''Indonesian poet in New York: poems 1964-1968'', Melbourne: Department of Indonesian and Malay, Monash University.
===Nonfiction=== *Harry Aveling (1970). ''W.S. Rendra sebagai penjair ketuhanan'', Djakarta: Lembaga Kesusasteraan Indonesia, Universitas Indonesia. *Harry Aveling / Rivai Apin (1970). ''Dari dua dunia belum sudah: kumpulan sajak'', Penang: Universiti Sains Malaysia. *Harry Aveling (1970). ''A first course in comparative literature'', Djakarta: Fakultas Sastra Universitas Indonesia. *Harry Aveling / Ibrahim Ghafar (1973). ''Tan Sri Bulan'', Semenyih: Emporium Budak Tua, Universiti Sains Malaysia. *Harry Aveling (1974). ''A thematic history of Indonesian poetry''. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University. *Harry Aveling, Idrus, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Sitor Situmorang, Nugroho Notosusanto, A.A. Navis, Umar Kayam, Danarto (1976). ''From Surabaya to Armageddon'', Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd. (Writing in Asia Series) *Harry Aveling (1979). ''Man and society in the works of the Indonesian playwright Utuy Tatang Sontani'', Honululu: Southeast Asian Studies Program, University of Hawaii (Southeast Asia paper). *Harry Aveling (1979). ''The development of Indonesian society: from the coming of Islam to the present day'', St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. *Harry Aveling (1986). ''Sastra Indonesia: terlibat atau tidak?'', Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Penerbit Kanisius. *Harry Aveling (1991). ''Fables of Eve'', Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Ministry of Education. *Harry Aveling (1992). ''Contemporary literary theory and the study of Malay literature'', Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore. *Harry Aveling (1994). ''The laughing swamis: Australian sannyasin disciples of Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Osho Rajneesh'', Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. *Harry Aveling (1996). ''The thorny rose: essays on Indonesian literature''. Bangi, Selangor: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Dunia Melayu). *Harry Aveling (2002) ''Finding words for secrets: reflections on the translation of Indonesian poetry'', Clyaton, Victoria: Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University (Working papers, 116). *Harry Aveling / Kingsbury, Damien (2003). ''Autonomy and disintegration in Indonesia'', London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 9780415297370. OCLC 50581479. *Harry Aveling / Razif Bahari (trans)/ Fang, Liaw Yock (2013). ''A History of Classical Malay Literature'', Jakarta: Indonesia: Obor. ISBN 9789794618103.
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==External links== * [https://www.indonesiacouncil.org/meet-our-members/harry-aveling Harry Aveling] - Indonesia Council "Meet Our Members" interview
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