Herawati Diah

Herawati DIah
Born Siti Latifah Herawati Diah
(1917-04-03)3 April 1917
Tanjung Pandan, Belitung
Died 30 September 2016(2016-09-30) (aged 99)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation journalist
Notable credit(s) founder, Indonesian Observer newspaper, Yayasan Binacarita Indonesia (foundation for education)
Spouse(s) B.M. Diah
Children three

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

Herawati Diah's husband was the late B.M. Diah. She had three children; two daughters and one son.

Bibliography

References

  1. TokohIndonesia.com article on Herawati Diah
  2. Barnard College Barnard Magazine Spring 2005
  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. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/09/30/senior-journo-herawati-diah-passes-away.html
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