Titie Said was the pen name of Sitti Raya Kusumowardani (1935–2011), an

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n writer and journalist. She was especially known for her short stories and her many novels.

Biography

She was born Sitti Raya in

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on 11 July 1935. Her mother was named Hastuti Suwanti and her father was called Muhammad Said; he had been a schoolteacher, soldier, and writer during the Dutch era. She was first educated in an elementary school in Bojonegoro starting in 1948. She then relocated to

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to complete her secondary education. After 1959 she relocated to

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to study in the Literature department at the

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; however, she did not finish her degree. In 1958, she became a journalist for a women's magazine. In the same year she married H. Sadikun Sugihwaras. She was editor of the magazine and chief editor of the magazine . She served as chair of the Indonesian

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from 2003 to 2006 and from 2006 to 2009. She wrote more than 25 novels, including (Don't take my life), (Reincarnation), (To the end of the world) and (Tempest of love). A number of her books have been made into films. She died after having a

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at the Medistra Hospital in

References

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