John H. McGlynn (who also uses the pen name Willem Samuels; born October 14, 1952, in Cazenovia, Wisconsin) is an American editor and translator.
[2] According to Goenawan Mohamad, "John works single-mindedly for our purpose: to bring Indonesian literary expressions to the world.
[4] He then attended the University of Indonesia for a year, began working as a translator, then later returned to the United States to earn a master's degree in Indonesian Literature at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
[6] According to Tempo (Indonesian magazine), "Over the years, McGlynn worked to produce English translations of Indonesia's top literary works, collaborating with a diverse group of translators, such as Harry Aveling, an authority on Indonesian and Malay literature.
He is also a trustee of AMINEF, the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation, which oversees the Fulbright and Humphrey scholarship programs in Indonesia.