A senior environmental specialist and author. Brought up mostly in Indonesia, she also spent time in the US and Japan following her father’s postings as a diplomat. She was thus exposed to literature from different parts of the world, finding in it a window to people, their history, and culture. A … [Read more...]
Isyana Artharini
Isyana Artharini works as a journalist and is currently based in Jakarta. She has written topics ranging from environment and climate change, gender equality, social media, death penalty, human rights, and arts and culture. I am My Own Home is her first book and essay collection. She wishes to write … [Read more...]
Iwan Simatupang
Iwan Simatupang was born in 1928 in North Sumatra and was an Indonesian novelist, poet and essayist. After involvement in the resistance against the colonial power, his arrest and release, he continued his studies in The Netherlands and France. He wrote his first novel, Ziarah (The Pilgrim) in a … [Read more...]
Jaladara
Jaladara was born in 1987 in Ciamis, West Java. With a background as a migrant worker, she is founder and director of the Abatasa Library and Learning Centre in Hong Kong. Her books include Un Dans L’eternite (In an Eternity) and Surat Berdarah Untuk Presiden (A Blood Stained Letter to the … [Read more...]
Jamil Massa
A journalist and writer. He is interested in poetry when he was at senior high school and spending more time to write poetry when he was studying at the Hasanuddin Universit, Makassar. His poems were published in various mass media, online media and in an anthology, “Pohon Ibu” (2013). He co-founded … [Read more...]
