Wijaya Herlambang is a researcher in politics, culture, literature and society. He is a lecturer at Gunadarma University and Pancasila University, Jakarta as well as an editor for Forbes Indonesia. Herlambang holds a Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland, … [Read more...]

Wiji Thukul—born Widji Widodo in Solo, Central Java, 26 August 1963—is modern Indonesia’s foremost people’s poet. With humble words but extraordinary courage, his poems recount the everyday struggle of the poor and downtrodden: lack of opportunities, unfair wages, the police criminalizing them for … [Read more...]

A graduate of the Faculty of Letters of Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and is the author of two children’s books: Melangkah dengan Bismillah/Walking in the Name of God (KataKita, 2006), and Gadis Kecil Penjaga Bintang/Of Stars and Prayers (KataKita, 2008). Gadis Kecil Penjaga Bintang was … [Read more...]

Wilson Tjandinegara, though no longer young, is indeed a newcomer to Indonesia’s literary world. He became known only in 1997 when he began to actively take part in the Indonesian Literary Community (KSI), an organization that brings together Indonesian writers. Wilson joined the KSI in 1996, the … [Read more...]