(South Africa, 1952) is a poet, writer, academic and a cherished reciter. Her book Country of My Skull (2000, adapted for film in 2004) is a personal account of the proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She published her autobiographical memoirs as A Change of Tongue (2003). Krog has won many prizes, including the Hertzog prize in South Africa and the 2018 Gouden Ganzenveer in the Netherlands. An anthology of her poetry was published in Dutch in 2010, titled Hoe zeg je dat (How Do You Say That), and Begging to be Black, the sequel to Country of My Skull and A Change of Tongue.

(1967) graduated from Istanbul University, Facutly of Literature. His first poem was published in Diriliş magazine. Together with a group of friends he established Kaşgar magazine. Until today seven of his poetry books have been published. His latest work of poetry is Kör and was published in 2012. He also writes weekly for the Saturday edition of Zaman and for Radikal Books, and lives in Istanbul.