Diah Hadaning

In 1960 she graduated from the school of social workers. In 1962-1964 she worked as a teacher of the school for the blind in Semarang. Later she graduated from journalism courses (1988) and theater courses (1996) in Jakarta. In 1986-1998 she worked as editor of the weekly magazine on culture "Swadesi", and in 1998-1999 - the editor of the tabloid "Eksponen". She was one of the initiators of the creation of the Literary Community of Indonesia (1996). In 1997–2000, together with Ray Sahetali she headed Oncor Theater. In 2007, she headed the association of women writers in Indonesia. She was also a member of the literary committee of the Art Council of Jakarta.[1]

She wrote poems, novels, short stories. She was fond of spiritualism. Published since the 1970s and among the poetic collections are "Letter from the City" (1980), "White Stripes" (1980), "Songs of Granite" (1983), "Ballade of Sarinah" (1985), "Sun" (1986), "Songs of Time" (1987) and others.[2] The main themes of the works are protection of the poor and oppressed, care for the environment, relations between people of different ethnic groups, confessions and social status.

Some of her poems are translated into Russian.[3][4]

• The Gapena Award of Malaysia (1980).
• EBONI Jakarta Award for Contribution to Forest Protection (1993).
• Award of the Surakarta Cultural Center in Java (2003)
• Rancage Literary Award (2004)
• Inclusion in the Book of National Records for the most extensive anthology of poetry (2010).