Suwarsih Djojopuspito

Suwarsih Djojopuspito, in pre-1940 spelling Soewarsih Djojopoespito, was an 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.

Her final novel Maryati was apparently submitted in 1976 but only published posthumously in 1982 by Pustaka Jaya. This novel was also largely autobiographical, and described the experiences of an adolescent Dutch educated Indonesian in Bogor in 1928.