Grace Paley,née Goodside was an American short story author,poet,teacher,and political activist.
Sarah Miriam Schulman is an American novelist,playwright,nonfiction writer,screenwriter,gay activist,and AIDS historian. She holds an endowed chair in nonfiction at Northwestern University and is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities. She is a recipient of the Bill Whitehead Award and the Lambda Literary Award.
Jakarta International Film Festival or JiFFest is the major film festival of Indonesia held every December in the capital,Jakarta,since 1999. The festival is on a shaky financial footing and is hoping to continue by switching its funding source from foreign donors to government grants and private donations.
Laksmi Pamuntjak is an Indonesian novelist,poet,journalist and food critic based in Jakarta. In 2016,she won the LiBeraturpreis for the German translation of her debut novel,Amba/The Question of Red. In 2018,the movie adaptation of her second novel,Aruna dan Lidahnya,won two prizes at the Festival Film Indonesia. In 2020,her third novel,Fall Baby, won the Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work. She also writes widely on culture and politics including for the Jakarta Post and the Indonesian newsmagazine Tempo,as well as international publications such as South China Morning Post and the Guardian.
7 Hati 7 Cinta 7 Wanita is a 2011 Indonesian film. Written and directed by Robby Ertanto,it stars Jajang C. Noer,Marcella Zalianty,Happy Salma,Olga Lydia,Intan Kieflie,and Henky Solaiman. It follows the story of seven women connected through their obstetrician,Kartini. It was nominated for 6 awards at the 2010 Indonesian Film Festival as well as eight at the 2011 Indonesian Movie Awards,where it won two.
Djenar Maesa Ayu,also known as Nay,is an Indonesian novelist,short story writer,actress,screenwriter,and filmmaker. Her work has variously been described as "provocative and lurid",and unique and brave. Because of the boldness of the topics she writes about,Ayu is considered to a member of the informal movement labeled sastra wangi.
Ida Ayu Oka Rusmini,known as Oka Rusmini,is an Indonesian poet and novelist. She is a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award.
Salman Aristo is an Indonesian screenwriter and film director best known for his work on Ayat-Ayat Cinta,Laskar Pelangi,Garuda di Dadaku,and Sang Penari.
Okky Madasari is an Indonesian novelist and sociologist known for her portrayals of the social and political conditions in Indonesia. She largely focuses her writing on resistance against injustice and the struggle for freedom and humanity.
Wangui wa Goro is a Kenyan academic,social critic,researcher,translator and writer based in the UK. As a public intellectual she has an interest in the development of African languages and literatures,as well as being consistently involved with the promotion of literary translation internationally,regularly speaking and writing on the subject. Professor Wangui wa Goro is a writer,translator,translation studies scholar and pioneer who has lived and lectured in different parts of the world including the UK,USA,Germany and South Africa.
Leila Salikha Chudori is an Indonesian journalist and writer. She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020. Together with her daughter Rain Chudori,Chudori founded Peron House publishing company,which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023.
Chelsea Elizabeth Islan is an American-born Indonesian actress. She has received two consecutive Citra Award nominations in the Best Actress category for Di Balik 98 (2015) and Rudy Habibie (2016).
Isyana Sarasvati is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and the founder of REDROSE RECORDS. She is a graduate of Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and London's Royal College of Music. Known for her original compositions,she wrote all of the songs on her 2015 debut pop album,Explore! and on her three subsequent albums,Paradox (2017),Lexicon (2019) and ISYANA (2023). She has also performed as an opera singer in Singapore. She is the recipient of numerous Indonesian and international awards.
Gama Tower is a skyscraper located at Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said,South Jakarta,Indonesia. It was also known as Rasuna Tower and Cemindo Tower during construction period,but finally named as Gama Tower. As of 2022,it is the 3rd tallest building in Jakarta,as well as Indonesia.
Rain Chudori-Soerjoatmodjo is an Indonesian creative entrepreneur,author,curator,and actress. Together with her mother,Leila Chudori,she co-founded a publishing company,Peron House which debuted in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2023. Chudori has published several books.
Ubud Writers &Readers Festival (UWRF) is an annual four-day literary festival held every October in Ubud on the island of Bali,Indonesia. Established in 2004,it is considered Southeast Asia’s biggest and most meaningful literary Festival. It hosts up to 170 writers and artists from all corners of the world. Discussions on cultural,literary and political issues are held alongside book launches,film premieres,long-table lunches,workshops,readings,live music,village walks and performances. It is organised by the not-for-profit foundation Yayasan Mudra Swari Saraswati.
May the Devil Take You is a 2018 Indonesian horror film written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto. The story follows Alfie who,when trying to find answers to her father's mysterious illness,visits his old house and finds out events from his past.
Jihane Almira Chedid is an Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador,actress,fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2020. She is known for her work in advocating for #ActYourThoughts orphanage programs. Chedid is the first delegate from Central Java to ever be crowned Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata. She represented Indonesia at the Miss Supranational 2021 pageant held in Poland,where she get crowned Miss Supranational Asia 2021,also won Best National Costume and Miss Supra Fan-Vote award.
Suwarsih Djojopuspito,in pre-1940 spelling Soewarsih Djojopoespito,was an Indonesian author,regarded as one of the most important Indonesian feminist writers,publishing from the 1940s to the 1970s. Among her most well-known works are the semi-autobiographical novel Buiten het gareel (1940) and the short story collection Empat Serangkai (1954). She was among the vanguard of early feminist authors in Indonesia that preceded the New Order,and was one of the first female writers to be published by the state publishing house Balai Pustaka.
Barbara Wilson is the pen name of Barbara Sjoholm, an American writer,editor,publisher,and translator. She co-founded two publishing companies:Seal Press and Women in Translation Press. As Barbara Sjoholm,she is the author of memoir,essays,a biography,and travelogues,including The Pirate Queen:In Search of Grace O’Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea, which was a finalist for the PEN USA award in creative nonfiction. She is also a translator of fiction and nonfiction by Norwegian and Danish writers into English,and won the Columbia Translation Award and the American-Scandinavian Translation Award. As Barbara Wilson,she has written two mystery series and has won several awards for her mystery novels,including the British Crime Writers Association award and the Lambda Literary Award. She is known for her novel Gaudi Afternoon,which was made into a film directed by Susan Seidelman in 2001.
