John H. McGlynn

John H. McGlynn co-founded the Lontar Foundation, a non-profit organization established to introduce Indonesia to the world through literary translations. Through Lontar, McGlynn has ushered into print close to 250 books on Indonesian literature and culture with translations of scholarly work by more than 650 Indonesian authors. Because of Lontar’s work, Indonesian literature can be taught anywhere in the world through the medium of English. As the translator of several dozen publications himself, both under his own name and pen name, Willem Samuels, he has garnered much international praise for his work. His long list of publications includes titles by some of Indonesia’s most well-known authors.