Seno Gumira Ajidarma is a writer, photographer, and also a film critic. He writes short stories, novel, even comic book. He has won numerous national and regional awards as a short-story writer. Also a journalist, he serves as editor of the popular weekly illustrated magazine Jakarta-Jakarta. His piece in this issue is an excerpt from his novel "Jazz, Parfum dan Insiden", published by Yayasan Bentang Budaya in 1996. Mailing-list Seno Gumira fans: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/senogum...

Many predicate have been given to Umar Kayam. He was a writer, lecturer, bigscreen artist. Most of his time was spended as a lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Bibliography: * Sri Sumarah (Pustaka Jaya, 1975) * Para Priyayi (Pustaka Jaya, 1992) * Jalan Menikung/Para Priyayi 2 (Pustaka Jaya, 2002)

Ahmad Tohari is Indonesia well-knowned writer who can picture a typical village scenery very well in his writings. He has been everywhere, writings for magazines. He attended Fellowship International Writers Program at Iowa, United State on 1990 and received Southeast Asian Writers Award on 1995. His famous works are trilogy of Srintil, a traditional dancer (ronggeng) of Paruk Village: "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk", "Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari", and "Jantera Bianglala" On 2007, he releases again "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk" in Java-Banyumasan language which is claimed to be the first novel using Java-Banyumasan. Toward his effort, he receives Rancage Award 2007. The book is only printed 1,500 editions and sold out directly in the book launch. Bibliography: * Kubah (novel, 1980) * Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk (novel, 1982) * Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari (novel, 1985) * Jantera Bianglala (novel, 1986) * Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak (novel, 1986) * Senyum Karyamin (short stories, 1989) * Bekisar Merah (novel, 1993) * Lingkar Tanah Lingkar Air (novel, 1995) * Nyanyian Malam (short stories, 2000) * Belantik (novel, 2001) * Orang Orang Proyek (novel, 2002) * Rusmi Ingin Pulang (kumpulan cerpen, 2004) * Mata yang Enak Dipandang (short stories, 2013)

Putu Wijaya, whose real name is I Gusti Ngurah Putu Wijaya, is an Indonesian author who was born in Bali on 11 April 1944. He was the youngest of eight siblings (three of them from a different father). He lived in a large housing complex with around 200 people who were all members of the same extended family, and were accustomed to reading. His father, I Gusti Ngurah Raka, was hoping for Putu to become a doctor, but Puti was weak in the natural sciences. He liked history, language and geography. Putu Wijaya has already written around 30 novels, 40 dramas, about a hundred short stories, and thousands of essays, free articles and drama criticisms. He has also produced film and soap-opera scripts. He led the Teater Mandiri theatre since 1971, and has received numerous prices for literary works and soap-opera scripts. He's short stories often appear in the columns of the daily newspapers Kompas and Sinar Harapan. His novels are often published in the magazines Kartini, Femina and Horison. As a script writer, he has two times won the Citra prize at the Indonesian Film Festival, for the movies Perawan Desa (1980) and Kembang Kertas (1985).

Kuntowijoyo was born at Sanden, Bantul, Yogyakarta. He graduated from UGM as historian and received his post-graduated at American History by The University of Connecticut in year 1974, and gained his Ph.D. of history from Columbia University in year 1980. His father was a puppet master (dalang) and he lived under deep religious and art circumstances. He easily fond of art and writings and became a good friend of Arifin C. Noer, Syu'bah Asa, Ikranegara, Chaerul Umam, and Salim Said. His first work was "Kereta Api yang Berangkat Pagi Hari".