{{short description|Indonesian journalist and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person |name=Leila S. Chudori |image=Leilachudori1.jpg |caption=Chudori in 2012 }}
'''Leila Salikha Chudori''' (born December 12, 1962) is an Indonesian journalist and writer.<ref name=post>{{cite news |url=http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/10/the-dark-drama-a-woman.html |title=The dark drama of a woman |newspaper=Jakarta Post |date=January 10, 2010 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211031506/http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/10/the-dark-drama-a-woman.html |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020.<ref name="partogi">{{cite web|last=Partogi|first=Sebastian|title=Leila S. Chudori: Weaving family drama into political saga|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/06/28/leila-s-chudori-weaving-family-drama-into-political-saga.html|work=The Jakarta Post|date=June 28, 2020}}</ref> Together with her daughter Rain Chudori, Chudori founded ''Peron House''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peron House Debut: Bridging Literary Heritage and Innovation|url=https://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/programs/peron-house-debut-bridging-literary-heritage-and-innovation|website=Ubud Writers and Readers Festival|language=en}}</ref> publishing company, which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023.
==Biography== Leila Salikha Chudori was born December 12, 1962, in Jakarta and grew up there. She is the daughter of Muhammad Chudori.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/03/24/senior-journalist-and-post-founder-dies.html |title=Senior journalist and 'Post' founder dies |newspaper=Jakarta Post |date=March 24, 2013}}</ref> She studied at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, graduating in 1988. She worked for the magazines ''Jakarta Jakarta'' and ''Tempo''; the second magazine was banned<ref name=miller>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&pg=PA64 |title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing |pages=64–65 |last=Miller |first=Jane Eldridge |year=2001 |isbn=0415159806}}</ref> by the New Order regime of President Suharto in 1994.<ref name=inside>{{cite news |url=http://www.insideindonesia.org/seeking-identity-seeking-indonesia |title=Seeking identity, seeking Indonesia |publisher=Inside Indonesia |date=October 2013 |last=Chudori |first=Leila}}</ref>
Her first stories were published in children's magazines ''Si Kuncung'', ''Kawanku'' and ''Hai'' when she was only 12.<ref name=post/> Chudori later wrote scripts for the television series ''Dunia Tanpa Koma''. She received an award for best television scriptwriter at the 2007 Bandung Film Festival.<ref name=pasar/> She also wrote the script for the 2008 film ''Drupadi''. In 2009, she published a collection of stories ''9 dari Nadira''.<ref name=post/> In 2026, her novel ''The Sea Speaks His Name'' was adapted into a feature film of the same name, directed by Yosep Anggi Noen. She also co-wrote the screenplay with Noen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/reza-rahadian-dian-sastrowardoyo-the-sea-speaks-his-name-1236596943/|title=Reza Rahadian, Dian Sastrowardoyo Lead Yosep Anggi Noen's 'The Sea Speaks His Name'|work=Variety|date=1 December 2025|accessdate=19 March 2026|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|author-link=Naman Ramachandran}}</ref>
Her daughter Rain Chudori also writes short stories.<ref name=pasar>{{cite web |url=http://association-franco-indonesienne-pasar-malam.com/sites/default/files/brochure-fr.pdf |title=Paris vu de Jakarta |publisher=Association franco-indonésienne Pasar Malam |date=October 13, 2014}}{{in lang|fr}}</ref>
== Selected works == * ''Malam Terakhir'' (The Last Night), short stories (1989)<ref name=miller/> * ''9 Dari Nadira'', short stories (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=9 Dari Nadira|url=http://kineruku.com/9-dari-nadira/|website=Kineruku}}</ref> * ''Pulang'', novel (2012),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/novel-pulang-asks-tough-questions-of-indonesia/ |title=Novel 'Pulang' Asks Tough Questions of Indonesia |publisher=Jakarta Globe |date=December 18, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211034147/http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/archive/novel-pulang-asks-tough-questions-of-indonesia/ |archive-date=February 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> awarded the Khatulistiwa Literary Award;<ref name=inside/> translated by John H. McGlynn as ''Home'' (Deep Vellum, 2015; {{ISBN|1941920101}}) * ''Laut Bercerita'', novel (2018), 2020 Southeast Asian Writers Award winner;<ref name="partogi"/> translated by John H. McGlynn as ''The Sea Speaks His Name'' (Penguin Books, 2020; {{ISBN|9789814882316}}).
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