Born in Magelang, June 23. Wikan graduated from Faculty of Literary at Gadjah Mada University. She translated Miramar, a novel by Naguib Mahfouz (2001) and Harry Aveling’s articles in Secrets Need Words: Indonesian Poetry 1966-1998 (2003). She has worked as editor at KataKita publisher. She wrote several children short stories which published under title Melangkah dengan Bismillah (2006).