Suwarsih Djojopuspito
Suwarsih Djojopuspito (April 20, 1912, in
Buitenzorg,
Dutch East Indies – August 24, 1977, in
Yogyakarta,
Indonesia), in pre-1940 spelling
Soewarsih Djojopoespito, was an
Indonesian author, regarded as one of the most important Indonesian
feminist writers, publishing from the 1940s to the 1970s. Among her most well-known works are the semi-autobiographical novel ''Buiten het gareel'' (1940) and the short story collection ''Empat Serangkai'' (1954). She was among the vanguard of early feminist authors in Indonesia that preceded the
New Order, and was one of the first female writers (along with
Sariamin Ismail,
Fatimah Hasan Delais, and
Saadah Alim) to be published by the state publishing house
Balai Pustaka.
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