Herawati Diah
Born
Siti Latifah Herawati Diah

(1917-04-03)3 April 1917
Tanjung Pandan, Belitung, Dutch East Indies
Died30 September 2016(2016-09-30) (aged 99)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupationjournalist
Notable credit(s)founder, Indonesian Observer newspaper, Yayasan Binacarita Indonesia (foundation for education)
SpouseB.M. Diah
Childrenthree

Siti Latifah Herawati Diah (3 April 1917[1] – 30 September 2016) was an Indonesian journalist.

Herawati Diah graduated from Barnard College in 1941,[2] the first Indonesian woman to graduate from a university in the United States.[3] In 1955, she and her husband B.M. Diah founded The Indonesian Observer.[4]

Diah died in September 2016 at the age of 99.[5]

Family

She had three children; two daughters and one son.

References

  1. ↑ "TokohIndonesia.com article on Herawati Diah". Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "System - Error 404". our.barnard.edu. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Merrillees, Scott (2015). Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 1950–1980. Jakarta: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 9786028397308.
  4. ↑ "INDONESIA: Surabaya Post, Observer close over financial problems." Pacific Media Watch webpage Accessed 17 February 2007.
  5. ↑ "Senior journo Herawati Diah passes away - National - The Jakarta Post".

Bibliography

  • An Endless Journey: Reflections of an Indonesian Journalist. PT Equinox Publishing, 2005. ISBN 979-3780-06-1


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