Helvy Tiana Rosa Quotes

Helvy Tiana Rosa was born in Medan, Indonesia. She is an Indonesian writer. She has written 50 books, ranging from short stories, novel, literary reviews, poets and drama scripts. She is a lecturer in literature at the State University of Jakarta. She founded Forum Lingkar Pena which encourages young writers in 1997. She gained a degree in Arabic literature from the Universitas Indonesia. She is known for taking a Muslim approach to her work. She writes of how woman live in an Islamic culture run by men.