Titie Said
Titie Said was the pen name of Sitti Raya Kusumowardani, an Indonesian writer and journalist.
She was born in Bojonegoro, East Java and was educated in Malang and at the University of Indonesia.
In 1958, she became a journalist for a women's magazine. She was editor of the magazine Kartini and chief editor of the magazine Famili. She served as chair of the Indonesian Film Censorship Board from 2003 to 2006 and from 2006 to 2009.
She wrote more than 25 novels, including Jangan Ambil Nyawaku, Reinkarnasi, Fatima, Ke Ujung Dunia and Prahara Cinta. A number of her books have been made into films.
She died after having a stroke at the Medistra Hospital in Jakarta.
