Still Dogged by Never-ending Deadlines

A stroke robbed Putu Wijaya of the use of the left side of his body, but no matter. After 70 years, the man of letters is still at it.

April 22, 2014

In October 2012, Putu Wijaya felt something was going wrong in his body. He had lost all sensation on his left side. The diagnosis of the Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital in Jakarta (RSCM) was that a growth on Putu's left brain stem since birth had erupted. As a result, Putu had a stroke, and he now has difficulty moving his left side. "I can still move, but my body doesn't work as my brain commands it," he said. In fact, the doctors said he wou

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