About the Author

Oka Rusmini's works has received many awards. In 2003, Earth Dance received a literary achievement award from the Center for Language Documentation at the Ministry of Education. She is frequently invited to national and international literary events. In 1997 she represented Indonesia at the ASEAN Writing Program. She was also invited to the 2003 Winternachten Festival held in The Hague and Amsterdam. In 2003 she was invited as a guest writer at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her published works are as follows: Monolog Pohon (poetry collection, 1997), Earth Dance (novel, 2000), Sagra (short story collection, 2011), Kenanga (novel, 2003), Patiwangi (poetry collection, 2003), Warna Kita (poetry collection, 2007), Pandora (poetry collection, 2008) and Tempurung (novel, 2010).