Kester Freriks

(Jakarta, 1954) debuted in Hollands Maandblad with several stories that ended up in the collection Grand Hotel Lembang (1979). He is working on a biography of Maria Dermoût at the moment. Since 1981 he writes reviews about drama and literature for NRC Handelsblad. In 1998 his collection of stories Eeuwig Indië (Eternal Indies) appeared.