Lily Yulianti Farid

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Lily Yulianti Farid
Lahir	Lily Yulianti 1971, July 16 Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Pekerjaan	Writer and Journalist
Bahasa	Indonesia
Kebangsaan	Indonesian
Pasangan	Farid Ma’ruf Ibrahim
Anak	Fawwaz Naufal Farid
Website
http://lilyyuliantifarid.com

Lily Yulianti Farid, also known as "Ly" in short, is an Indonesian writer and journalist.

Biography

Lily Yulianti Farid was born and raised in Makassar, Indonesia. At present, she lives in Melbourne, Australia. She joined Hasanuddin University, Makassar as an agricultural engineering student, where she began her literary career with the campus’ publication, "Identitas". After graduation, she worked as a reporter of the "Kompas" daily from 1996 until 2000. In 2001, she went to the University of Melbourne for Master's degree in "Gender and Development". In 2010 she registered for Ph.D. in "Gender and Media" from the same university which is slated to be finished in 2014. While in Melbourne she continued her journalistic writing by working as producer of "Radio Australia" online during 2001-2004. From 2004-2009, Ly worked as a radio program specialist/producer of "Radio Japan NHK", Tokyo. During this period, in 2006 she also joined as a columnist for "Nytid News Magazine", Norway and is still associated with them.

Lily Yulianti Farid, lahir di Makassar, 16 July 1971 adalah penulis Indonesia. Mengarang cerita sejak kecil, namun sempat meninggalkan kegemaran ini saat meniti karir sebagai jurnalis.

Ia pernah bekerja di Harian Kompas (1996 - 2000), Radio Australia, Melbourne (2001-2004), dan Radio Jepang NHK World, Tokyo (2004 - 2008). Pada 1 July 2006 ia mendirikan media online www.panyingkul.com yang memperkenalkan konsep citizen journalism, yang berbasis di makassar. Ia mencurahkan sebagian waktunya mengelola media independen ini, selain menulis artikel untuk media di dalam dan luar negeri.

Buku kumpulan cerpen pertamanya, Makkunrai, terbit bulan Maret 2008 (Nala Cipta Litera) yang kemudian menginspirasinya menggelar pendidikan kesadaran jender melalui karya sastra dan pertunjukan monolog yang diberi nama Makkunrai Project, yang digagas bersama penulis dan pemonolog, Luna Vidya. Lily mendalami kajian jender dan pembangunan di Universitas Melbourne, Australia (2001-2003). Untuk sementara waktu tinggal di Tokyo dan senantiasa berusaha meluangkan waktu menemani putranya, Fawwas Naufal Farid, yang juga gemar mengarang cerita.