Afrizal Malna (b 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is generally regarded as an important but inscrutable innovator in the Indonesian poetic tradition. In addition to his work as a poet, he's been involved with visual and performance art, and has long been active as a theater-maker, playwright, artist, novelist, short story writer, and critic. Since the early 1980's his literary work has been widely published and respected, and even gave rise to the literary critical term “Afrizalian.” His work has won a number of national and international literary honors, notably the SEA Write Award for Teman-Temanku Dari Atap Bahasa (My Friends from the Roof of Language) and the Khatulistiwa Literary Award for Museum Penghancur Dokumen (Document Shredding Museum), and he's participated in literary and performance festivals in Germany, India, and Japan.