Putu Oka Sukanta

Putu Oka Sukanta is a versatile Indonesian author of fiction and poetry. He wrote poetry, short stories and novels while still in Bali and after he moved to Yogyakarta and Jakarta. From 1966, during the New Order, he was imprisoned without trial as an alleged member of LEKRA. After his release in 1976, he has come to be known as a writer, journalist and an expert in the field of traditional medicine.