Chris Keulemans is a Dutch travel writer and journalist based in Amsterdam. As a child, he lived in Bogor, Indonesia, where his father worked as an agricultural engineer. In his recent books, which delve into themes such as the art of hospitality and the need for resistance, he writes about his favorite hotel in Ambon, the Salihara Art Centre in Jakarta, and the painful yet triumphant days of protest at the Indonesian parliament building in 1998.
Chris Keulemans adalah seorang penulis perjalanan dan jurnalis asal Belanda yang berbasis di Amsterdam. Saat kecil, ia tinggal di Bogor, Indonesia, di mana ayahnya bekerja sebagai seorang insinyur pertanian. Dalam buku-buku terbarunya, yang membahas tema-tema seperti seni keramahtamahan dan pentingnya perlawanan, ia menulis tentang hotel favoritnya di Ambon, Pusat Seni Salihara di Jakarta, serta hari-hari protes yang menyakitkan namun penuh kemenangan di gedung parlemen Indonesia pada tahun 1998.