(1960) was born and raised in Jakarta. His family history - with Arab, Pakistani and Betawi ancestors - reflects the cosmopolitan character of the city of his birth. He studied Russian and American Studies at the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta. At the moment he teaches at the department of Russian at the Universitas Indonesia. His poetic genius was established with his volume of poems Dari Batavia sampai Jakarta, 1619-1999 for which he received the prize for the best Indonesian volume of poetry 1998-2000’. Other publications are Manusia, Mitos, dan Mitologi (1998), Pintu, Etalase, Batavia Centrum (collected poetry, 1998), and Konflik Nilai dalam Sejarah Perkembangan Sastra Rusia.

(Ternate, Indonesia, 1971) has had her 2005 short story collection, Laluba, named Best Literary Work of the Year by Tempo magazine, and her novel Cala Ibi (2003) shortlisted for the Khatulistiwa Literary Award. Both works have marked the latest phenomenon in Indonesian literature by their détournement from the tradition of story telling and conventional narrative forms. At present, she serves on the Committee of Literature at the Jakarta Arts Council.

(1972), an architecture historian, has been employed at
the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) since 1997. From 2005 she has worked as chief curator and is therefore responsible for the exhibitions, lectures and debates programme as wel as the educational programme. As part of her thesis about F.J.L. Ghijsels, an architect working in the Netherlands East Indies between 1910 and 1927, she conducted research in Indonesia. In 1996, this research led to a book and a travelling exhibition in Indonesia. In 1997 she published a book on post-war Jakarta and the urban development of this city (Batavia: Beeld van een stad). At the NAI, De Vletter has curated exhibition on such projects as J.J.P. Oud, UN Studio, Asymptote, Dutch architecture and planning in the 1970s and the collection of Piet Sanders. In 2007 an exhibition on colonial architecture in the Netherlands East Indiens entitled 'Moderniteit in de Tropen' will be on show at the NAI in Rotterdam and later travel to Indonesia.

(1959, Malang, East Java) studied economy and worked as a journalist/researcher for a regional newspaper in Central Java. Since 1987 he has been working with the Indonesian department of the Dutch Radio World Service, starting as a programme maker. Since then he has been responsible for the current affairs programme, broadcast daily in Indonesian. In the 1980s he was a correspondent for a number of Indonesian media. Over the years Joss Wibisono has specialized in Dutch Indonesian relations. He has also done research into the influence of the army on political and economic life in Indonesia and Indonesian federalism. Wibisono is an expert in the field of gamelan ( (traditional Balinese and Javanese music) on western music.