Helvy Tiana Rosa

Helvy Tiana Rosa (born 2 April 1970) is an Indonesian playwright and writer. She is notable for founding and being the first chairwoman of the Forum Lingkar Pena ("Pen Circle Forum"), a well-known Indonesian literary forum. She is known for taking a Muslim approach to her work. She writes of how woman live in an Islamic culture run by men. She writes against the permissive use of pornography.