恩哈·迪尼诞辰84周年谷歌标志涂鸦标志

恩哈·迪尼诞辰 84 周年
2020年2月29日

“Literature is actually nutritious food for humans’ souls and minds. It is the basic foundation of humanity, a reflection of society, reality, knowledge, and wisdom,” said Indonesian novelist NH Dini, whose life and work are celebrated in today’s Doodle, illustrated by Jakarta-guest artist Kathrin Honesta.

Born in Semarang, Indonesia, on this day in 1936, Nurhayati Sri Hardinia Siti Nukatin (known by her pen name NH Dini) grew up listening to her mother read stories from local magazines and went on to become a prolific author. Resisting the traditional role of women established by Javanese patriarchy, much of Dini’s work focused on gender issues and her belief that “a woman, wherever she lives, deserves to be treated equally and respectfully.”

In the 1950s, while Dini was working as a flight attendant for an Indonesian airline, she met her husband, a French consul to Japan. Throughout their marriage, the two moved around the globe and lived in Cambodia, Japan, France, the Philippines, and the U.S.

Inspired by her international travels and relentless pursuit for women’s rights, Dini devoted her life to writing and published dozens of novels, short stories, and poems over her 60-year career. Through works such as “Pada Sebuah Kapal” (“On a Ship,” 1985), and “Namaku Hiroko” (“My Name Is Hiroko,” 1986), Dini’s fiction continues to empower women today.

Here’s to a writer whose words live on in the hearts and minds of readers around the world.