Kristian Sendon Cordero

Kristian Sendon Cordero is a Filipino poet and independent filmmaker, whose works move fluidly across poetry, cinema, translation, publishing, and cultural work, animated by a deep conviction that literature must remain alive to risk, cultural dialogue, and social transformation. He won the Southeast Asian Writers Award 2017 and the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines award 2022. His works have been translated into German, Czech, Spanish, and Italian, and have appeared in various literary journals such as Words Without Borders, Massachusetts Review, The Margins, and The Best Literary Translations, among others. He runs an independent bookshop called Savage Mind, which is considered the creative heart of his home region, Bikol.

Kristian Sendon Cordero adalah seorang penyair dan pembuat film independen asal Filipina, yang karya-karyanya bergerak luwes lintas puisi, sinema, penerjemahan, penerbitan, dan kerja budaya, dijiwai oleh keyakinan mendalam bahwa sastra harus tetap hidup dalam menghadapi risiko, dialog budaya, dan transformasi sosial. Ia meraih Southeast Asian Writers Award 2017 dan penghargaan Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines 2022. Karya-karyanya telah diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Jerman, Ceko, Spanyol, dan Italia, serta telah dimuat di berbagai jurnal sastra seperti Words Without Borders, Massachusetts Review, The Margins, dan The Best Literary Translations, di antaranya. Ia menjalankan sebuah toko buku independen bernama Savage Mind, yang dianggap sebagai jantung kreatif dari daerah asalnya, Bikol.