Laksmi Pamuntjak (born 1971) is an Indonesian novelist, poet, journalist and food critic based in Jakarta.

: Musings on Art, was published in 2006, followed by the publication of her treatise on man, violence and mythology Perang, Langit dan Dua Perempuan in 2007.

Alle Farben Rot, the German translation of Pamuntjak’s debut novel, Amba/The Question of Red, won the LiBeraturpreis in 2016.

Alle Farben Rot was also named #1 on Germany’s Weltempfaenger list of the best works of fiction from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Arab World translated into German.

A modern love story set against the backdrop of the Indonesian Communist mass-massacres of 1965-1968, the novel has been translated into English, German and Dutch.

In 2014, Pamuntjak co-curated the Fatahillah Food Festival with Hana Makarim as part of the Jakarta Old Town Revitalization program.

Pamuntjak’s latest work, Kitab Kawin (The Book of Mating), a collection of short stories on women in relationships, was published in 2021.

Pamuntjak was keynote speaker at the opening of the 9th European Southeast Asian Studies Association (EuroSEAS) Conference at the University of Oxford in 2017.