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Angelique Kasmara is a fiction writer born in Bandung, Indonesia. <ref>''[https://www.britannica.com/place/Bandung]''</ref> Her family moved to New Zealand when she was a baby, and she grew up in West Auckland, attending Freyberg Memorial Primary School and St Dominic's College <ref>''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Dominic%27s_Catholic_College]]''</ref>. She spent two years in the 1990s working in media publishing in Jakarta, returning to New Zealand because of political unrest in Indonesia.
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'''Angelique Kasmara''' is an Indonesian New Zealand fiction writer, editor and translator. Her first novel, ''Isobar Precinct'' (2021), is one of the few literary novels published by an [[Asian New Zealand]] woman writer, and received critical praise.
In 2016 she was awarded the Sir James Wallace Prize at the University of Auckland for best portfolio on the Master of Creative Writing programme. <ref>''[https://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/news/2016/12/time-travel-and-tattoos-in-winning-novel.html]'', December 2016, University of Auckland (accessed 1 January 2021)</ref> This prize was for the first draft of her novel ''Isobar Precinct'', published by Cuba Press in 2021. <ref>''[https://thecubapress.nz/shop/isobar-precinct/]'' Cuba Press</ref> ''Isobar Precinct'' is a work of speculative fiction set in a gritty contemporary Auckland. It has been described as a "sparkling, stylish novel" <ref>''[https://www.anzliterature.com/anzl-review/isobar-precinct-by-angelique-kasmara/]''Academy of New Zealand Literature</ref> and "epic, bold and cinematic" <ref>''[https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/gritty-k-road]'' Pantograph Punch</ref>. Brian Boyd describes Kasmara as a writer with "real narrative bite, her imagery is first rate, often surprising and at times quite revelatory (and diverse in angle of attack), and the characters connect in ways that count". <ref>''[https://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/news/2016/12/time-travel-and-tattoos-in-winning-novel.html]''</ref>


==Early life and career==
Kasmara has published fiction on the Newsroom site <ref>'' [https://www.newsroom.co.nz/profile/AngeliqueKasmara/posts]''Newsroom(accessed 1 January 2021)</ref> and excerpts from ''Isobar Precinct'' appeared in the anthologies ''Ko Aotearoa Tātou'' (Otago University Press 2020) <ref>''[https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/otago743095.html]''Otago University Press</ref> and ''A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand'' (Auckland University Press 2021). <ref>''[https://aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/a-clear-dawn-new-asian-voices-from-aotearoa-new-zealand/]'' Auckland University Press</ref> She is the editor of the University of Auckland's online literary journal, The Three Lamps. <ref>''[https://www.thethreelamps.com/page-editorial]''The Three Lamps</ref>
Kasmara was born in [[Bandung]], Indonesia. Her family moved to New Zealand as refugees in 1972.<ref name="Clear">{{cite book|title=A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand |editor-last1=Wong |editor-first1=Alison |editor-last2=Morris |editor-first2=Paula |publisher=[[Auckland University Press]] |date=2021}}</ref>{{rp|5}} <!--She grew up in [[Waitakere City|West Auckland]], attending Freyberg Memorial Primary School and [[St Dominic's Catholic College]]. - source needed--> She spent two years in the 1990s working in media publishing in [[Jakarta]], before returning to New Zealand because of political unrest in Indonesia.<ref name="Clear"/>{{rp|5}} In New Zealand she worked with refugee communities,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/2630634241|title= Refugees hope to change attitudes |publisher= The Southland Times; Invercargill, New Zealand [Invercargill, New Zealand]. 21 Feb 20 |access-date=2 April 2023|id= {{ProQuest|2630634241}} }}</ref> and belongs to a Free West Papua group.<ref name="Kasmara portrait">{{cite news |last1=McDaid |first1=Amy |title=Portrait: Angelique Kasmara, by Amy McDaid |url= https://www.newsroom.co.nz/portrait-angelique-kasmara-by-amy-mcdaid |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]] |date=13 October 2021}}</ref>


In 2016, Kasmara was awarded the Sir James Wallace Prize at the [[University of Auckland]] for best portfolio on the Master of Creative Writing programme.<ref name="winning manuscript">{{cite web |title=Time travel and tattoos in winning manuscript |url= https://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/news/2016/12/time-travel-and-tattoos-in-winning-novel.html |date= 5 December 2016 |publisher=[[University of Auckland]] |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> This prize was for the first draft of her novel ''Isobar Precinct'', later a finalist for the $10,000 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.textpublishing.com.au/blog/meet-the-authors-shortlisted-for-the-2019-michael-gifkins-prize |title=Meet the authors shortlisted for the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize |publisher=Text Publishing |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> In 2018 she received a Michael King Emerging Writers Residency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three talented writers shortlisted for Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel : Booksellers Aotearoa |url=https://www.booksellers.co.nz/resources/Story?Action=View&Story_id=1163 |access-date=3 April 2023 |work=Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand |date=15 April 2019}}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
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* ''Isobar Precinct'' (2021)
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* ''A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa NZ'' (2021)
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* ''Ko Aotearoa Tātou'' (2020)


==''Isobar Precinct''==
When ''Isobar Precinct'' was released by Cuba Press in 2021, Kasmara became one of the few Asian New Zealand women writers to publish a literary novel.<ref name="Clear"/>{{rp|6–10}} The novel is a work of contemporary speculative fiction grounded in a gritty inner-city Auckland. Kasmara cites ''Kindred'' by [[Octavia E. Butler|Octavia Butler]] and ''Story of Your Life'' by [[Ted Chiang]] as influences while writing the book.<ref>{{cite web |title=Q&A with Angelique Kasmara |url= https://readclose.com/2021/09/23/qa-angelique-kasmara/ |publisher=Read Close |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>


''Isobar Precinct'' has been described as "epic, bold and cinematic".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/gritty-k-road |title= Gritty K' Road: A review of ''Isobar Precinct'' |publisher=The Pantograph Punch |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> In a review published both in the ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'' and (in longer form) on the Academy of New Zealand Literature website, Tom Moody called it a "sparkling, stylish novel" that "reads nothing like a debut novel".<ref>{{cite web |title= ''Isobar Precinct'' by Angelique Kasmara |url=
https://www.anzliterature.com/anzl-review/isobar-precinct-by-angelique-kasmara/ |publisher=Academy of New Zealand Literature |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moody |first1=Tom |title=Book review: Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/book-review-isobar-precinct-by-angelique-kasmara/3HSF7H6QUIGXR62P27RVKXZKCI/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 September 2021 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Rachel O'Connor for literary journal ''[[Landfall (journal)|Landfall]]'' described it as a "highly original, genre-bending cocktail of social realism, sci-fi, detective drama and fantasy, with a subtle dash of romance".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=O'Connor |first1=Rachel |title=Turning in Time |journal=Landfall Review Online |date=1 May 2022 |url=https://landfallreview.com/turning-in-time/ |access-date=3 April 2023 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> The ''[[New Zealand Listener]]'' noted that the [[speculative fiction]] aspects of the novel allowed Kasmara "to examine some uncomfortable truths about human nature" and gave it "the feeling of a cult classic".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McDaid |first1=Amy |title=Murder in mind |journal=The New Zealand Listener |date=4 September 2021 |pages=56–57 |url=https://thecubapress.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Isobar-Precinct-Listener-Review.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2LDikGLSpkDxXSkO6sI5AszE9u0z6F0DxJNXuK7ljsrpzE7falEkFA_OY |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>


The novel was selected as one of the 100 best books of 2021 by the ''New Zealand Listener''<ref>{{cite web |title=NZ Listener 100 Best Books of 2021 |url= https://www.booksellers.co.nz/Story?Action=View&Story_id=2164 |publisher=Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> and was also included in the ''Best Books 2021'' selection of the Academy of New Zealand Literature.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.anzliterature.com/feature/best-books-2021/ |title=Best books 2021 |publisher=Academy of New Zealand Literature |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> The novel debuted at number three on the Nielsen [[BookScan]] New Zealand bestseller list.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.newsroom.co.nz/the-best-selling-books-at-xmas-1 |title=The best-selling books at Xmas |author-link=Steve Braunias |first=Steve |last=Braunias |access-date=8 March 2022 |work=[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]] |date=17 December 2021}}</ref> ''Isobar Precinct'' was also shortlisted in the Best First Novel category at the 2022 [[Ngaio Marsh Awards]] for crime and mystery fiction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel |url= https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ngaio-marsh-award-for-best-first-novel/ |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>


An excerpt from ''Isobar Precinct'' was selected for the 2021 anthology ''A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand'' published by [[Auckland University Press]].<ref name="Clear"/> In the introduction to that anthology, the first-ever collection of work by Asian New Zealand writers, editors [[Alison Wong]] and [[Paula Morris]] note that among the 75 writers represented, five (including Kasmara) had provided excerpts from novels in development.<ref name="Clear"/>{{rp|10}}


Another excerpt from ''Isobar Precinct'' appeared in the earlier anthology ''Ko Aotearoa Tātou / We Are New Zealand'', published by [[Otago University Press]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/books/otago743095.html |title=Ko Aotearoa Tātou / We Are New Zealand |publisher=[[Otago University Press]] |editor1-first=Michelle |editor1-last=Elvy |editor2-first=Paula |editor2-last=Morris |editor2-link=Paula Morris |editor3-first=James |editor3-last=Norcliffe |editor3-link=James Norcliffe |editor4-first=David |editor4-last=Eggleton |editor4-link=David Eggleton |date=October 2020 |isbn=978-1-98-859252-7}}</ref> The novel was also featured by Kete Books in their "first chapters" section.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/all-book-reviews/2021-first-chapters-isobar-precinct-r3x6p |title=First Chapters '21: ''Isobar Precinct'' |publisher=Kete Books |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>


==Other writing==
In 2011, Kasmara's story "Asians with Perms" received second place for the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Asian Short Story Award, judged by [[Renee Liang]], [[Sue Gee]], and [[Stevan Eldred-Grigg]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Wellington writer wins NZSA Asian Short Story Award |url=https://creativenz.govt.nz/News-and-blog/2022/06/15/02/23/51/Wellington-writer-wins-NZSA-Asian-Short-Story-Award |access-date=3 April 2023 |work=[[Creative New Zealand]] |date=22 November 2011 |language=en}}</ref> She was one of six New Zealand writers commissioned by the Nelson Arts Festival to write and record a work of creative nonfiction for their 2021 ''Writing Home: An Antidote to Feeling Stranded'' digital series.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.nelsonartsfestival.nz/event/writing-home/ |title=Writing Home: An Antidote to Feeling Stranded / Pukapuka Talks, Nelson Arts Festival |publisher=Nelson Arts Festival |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> Two of her short stories, "Distant Planet" and "A Bad Day for a Virgin Sail", were published in ''Planeta distante Aotearoa: ecos y voces de la larga nube blanca'' (Ediciones Del Lirio 2022), the first-ever bilingual Mexican anthology of New Zealand short fiction.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://nvinoticiaschiapas.com/cultura/13/02/2023/49150/|title=Libro que pondera e impulsa la traducción literaria en México|publisher=Noticias |access-date=2 April 2023}}</ref>


In October 2020 her short story "Mallrats" was published on the ''[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]]'' site,<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelique Kasmara |url= https://www.newsroom.co.nz/profile/AngeliqueKasmara/posts |publisher=[[Newsroom (website)|Newsroom]] |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> and her short story, "Battle Lines", was published in the ''New Zealand Listener'' in January 2022.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=NLNZ&docid=INNZ7171524840002837&context=L&search_scope=INNZ|title=Battle lines by Angelique Kasmara |publisher=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>


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==Bibliography==
* ''Isobar Precinct'' (The Cuba Press, 2021)
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* Excerpt from ''Isobar Precinct'' in ''A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa NZ'' anthology (2021)
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* Excerpt from ''Isobar Precinct'' in ''Ko Aotearoa Tātou'' anthology (2020)


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Angelique Kasmara
BornBandung, Indonesia
Occupation
  • Autor
  • editor
  • translator
BildungUniversity of Auckland (MCW)
Notable worksIsobar Precinct (2021)

Angelique Kasmara is an Indonesian New Zealand fiction writer, editor and translator. Her first novel, Isobar Precinct (2021), is one of the few literary novels published by an Asian New Zealand woman writer, and received critical praise.

Early life and career

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Kasmara was born in Bandung, Indonesia. Her family moved to New Zealand as refugees in 1972.[1]: 5  She spent two years in the 1990s working in media publishing in Jakarta, before returning to New Zealand because of political unrest in Indonesia.[1]: 5  In New Zealand she worked with refugee communities,[2] and belongs to a Free West Papua group.[3]

In 2016, Kasmara was awarded the Sir James Wallace Prize at the University of Auckland for best portfolio on the Master of Creative Writing programme.[4] This prize was for the first draft of her novel Isobar Precinct, later a finalist for the $10,000 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript.[5] In 2018 she received a Michael King Emerging Writers Residency.[6]

Isobar Precinct

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When Isobar Precinct was released by Cuba Press in 2021, Kasmara became one of the few Asian New Zealand women writers to publish a literary novel.[1]: 6–10  The novel is a work of contemporary speculative fiction grounded in a gritty inner-city Auckland. Kasmara cites Kindred by Octavia Butler and Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang as influences while writing the book.[7]

Isobar Precinct has been described as "epic, bold and cinematic".[8] In a review published both in the New Zealand Herald and (in longer form) on the Academy of New Zealand Literature website, Tom Moody called it a "sparkling, stylish novel" that "reads nothing like a debut novel".[9][10] Rachel O'Connor for literary journal Landfall described it as a "highly original, genre-bending cocktail of social realism, sci-fi, detective drama and fantasy, with a subtle dash of romance".[11] The New Zealand Listener noted that the speculative fiction aspects of the novel allowed Kasmara "to examine some uncomfortable truths about human nature" and gave it "the feeling of a cult classic".[12]

The novel was selected as one of the 100 best books of 2021 by the New Zealand Listener[13] and was also included in the Best Books 2021 selection of the Academy of New Zealand Literature.[14] The novel debuted at number three on the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list.[15] Isobar Precinct was also shortlisted in the Best First Novel category at the 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards for crime and mystery fiction.[16]

An excerpt from Isobar Precinct was selected for the 2021 anthology A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand published by Auckland University Press.[1] In the introduction to that anthology, the first-ever collection of work by Asian New Zealand writers, editors Alison Wong and Paula Morris note that among the 75 writers represented, five (including Kasmara) had provided excerpts from novels in development.[1]: 10 

Another excerpt from Isobar Precinct appeared in the earlier anthology Ko Aotearoa Tātou / We Are New Zealand, published by Otago University Press in 2020.[17] The novel was also featured by Kete Books in their "first chapters" section.[18]

Other writing

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In 2011, Kasmara's story "Asians with Perms" received second place for the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Asian Short Story Award, judged by Renee Liang, Sue Gee, and Stevan Eldred-Grigg.[19] She was one of six New Zealand writers commissioned by the Nelson Arts Festival to write and record a work of creative nonfiction for their 2021 Writing Home: An Antidote to Feeling Stranded digital series.[20] Two of her short stories, "Distant Planet" and "A Bad Day for a Virgin Sail", were published in Planeta distante Aotearoa: ecos y voces de la larga nube blanca (Ediciones Del Lirio 2022), the first-ever bilingual Mexican anthology of New Zealand short fiction.[21]

In October 2020 her short story "Mallrats" was published on the Newsroom site,[22] and her short story, "Battle Lines", was published in the New Zealand Listener in January 2022.[23]

Bibliography

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  • Isobar Precinct (The Cuba Press, 2021)
  • Excerpt from Isobar Precinct in A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa NZ anthology (2021)
  • Excerpt from Isobar Precinct in Ko Aotearoa Tātou anthology (2020)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Wong, Alison; Morris, Paula, eds. (2021). A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand. Auckland University Press.
  2. ^ "Refugees hope to change attitudes". The Southland Times; Invercargill, New Zealand [Invercargill, New Zealand]. 21 Feb 20. ProQuest 2630634241. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ^ McDaid, Amy (13 October 2021). "Portrait: Angelique Kasmara, by Amy McDaid". Newsroom. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Time travel and tattoos in winning manuscript". University of Auckland. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Meet the authors shortlisted for the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize". Text Publishing. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Three talented writers shortlisted for Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel : Booksellers Aotearoa". Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Q&A with Angelique Kasmara". Read Close. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Gritty K' Road: A review of Isobar Precinct". The Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ^ Moody, Tom (18 September 2021). "Book review: Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  11. ^ O'Connor, Rachel (1 May 2022). "Turning in Time". Landfall Review Online. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  12. ^ McDaid, Amy (4 September 2021). "Murder in mind" (PDF). The New Zealand Listener: 56–57. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  13. ^ "NZ Listener 100 Best Books of 2021". Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Best books 2021". Academy of New Zealand Literature. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  15. ^ Braunias, Steve (17 December 2021). "The best-selling books at Xmas". Newsroom. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  17. ^ Elvy, Michelle; Morris, Paula; Norcliffe, James; Eggleton, David, eds. (October 2020). Ko Aotearoa Tātou / We Are New Zealand. Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-98-859252-7.
  18. ^ "First Chapters '21: Isobar Precinct". Kete Books. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Wellington writer wins NZSA Asian Short Story Award". Creative New Zealand. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  20. ^ "Writing Home: An Antidote to Feeling Stranded / Pukapuka Talks, Nelson Arts Festival". Nelson Arts Festival. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Libro que pondera e impulsa la traducción literaria en México". Noticias. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  22. ^ "Angelique Kasmara". Newsroom. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  23. ^ "Battle lines by Angelique Kasmara". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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