caption movement death_date birth_name pseudonym birth_place citizenship nationality ethnicity notableworks birth_date image article_title name
sariamin ismail '' poedjangga baroe '' 1995 basariah selasih seleguri talu , west pasaman , west sumatra , indonesia indonesia indonesia minangkabau '' kalau tak untung '' 31 july 1909 sariamin.jpg sariamin ismail
 sariamin ismail
sariamin ismail

sariamin ismail -lrb- 31 july 1909 -- 1995 -rrb- was the first female indonesian novelist .
a teacher by trade , by the 1930s she had begun writing in newspapers ; she published her first novel , `` kalau tak untung '' , in 1933 .
she published two novels and several poetry anthologies afterwards , while continuing to teach and -- between 1947 and 1949 -- serving as a member of the regional representative body in riau .
her literary works often dealt with star-crossed lovers and the role of fate , while her editorials were staunchly anti-polygamy .
