Oka Rusmini

• Name — Oka Rusmini • Birth Name — Ida Ayu Oka Rusmini • Birthplace — Jakarta, Indonesia • Occupation — Writer, journalist • Education — Literature, Udayana University • Language — Indonesian • Genre — poetry, novel, children's story, short story, essay • Subject — women in the Balenese patriarchal society • Notable Works — Dance of the Earth • Period — Reform Era Generation (1994–present) • Spouse — Arif Bagus Prasetyo • Children — Pasha Renaisan • Awards — S.E.A. Write Award (2012), Khatulistiwa Literary Award (2014), etc

She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her writing is characteristic of the condition of women in the patriarchal culture in traditional society. Oka has to her credit collections of short stories, poems and novels. Oka's poem has also been included along with twelve other Balinese contributors in a book entitled Bali Living in Two Worlds, edited by Urs Ramseyer from the Museum der Kulturen Basel in Switzerland. Oka has also served as the fashion editor in the Bali Post, the largest local newspaper in Bali. She has been speaking at various national and international literary forums, such as the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali; the Pulpit Poet 21st Century at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta in 1996; ASEAN Writers Writing Program, 1997; International Poetry Festival, Surakarta, 2002 and that in Denpasar, Bali in 2003. She represented Indonesia at the Winternachten Literature Festival in The Hague and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 2003, she was invited as a guest author at the University of Hamburg, Germany.