Deknong Kemalawati

In addition to literary activity, he takes part in theatrical productions and performances of national dances. In November 2012, she successfully participated in the Days of Indonesian Poetry (Pekan Baru). In October 27–28, 2017, she visited Kazan as part of the Aceh cultural group, where she recited her poems and represented the national dances. Many times she represented Indonesia in international forums: in 2016 in Kuala Lumpur on the World Poetry Readings of the Great Malay Nusantara organization (Numera) and the meeting of Nusantara poets, and in 2018 in Sabah during the discussion of the Indonesian and Malaysian poets on the role of poetry in the development of bilateral relations.

She writes poetry from the school bench. The first publications were published in newspapers and magazines during the student's period. The first author's collection "Letter from a no-man country" was published in 2006. The novel “Seoulusah” about the events of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was published in 2007 and received good reviews from critics. To date, on the poet's account are more than ten collections of poems, including some in collaboration with other poets.

She graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Syiah Kuala University, worked as a mathematics teacher in high school. One of the founders of the Institute of Culture and Society (Lapena) (1998), Chairman of the Art Council of Banda Aceh. She used to take part in the poetry workshops organizes by Dimas Arika Mihardja.

Deknong Kemalawati (2 April 1965, Meulaboh, Aceh) is one of the leading poetess of modern Indonesia, chairman of the Art Council Banda Aceh, winner of the Literary Prize of the Government of Aceh.