Nani Widjaja Husband: Meet Ajip Rosidi

Nani Widjaja was married to Ajip Rosidi, He was an Indonesian poet and short story writer. As of 1983, he had published 326 works in 22 different magazines.

Rosidi’s works have been translated into many foreign languages, published anthologies or as a book, in Dutch, Chinese, English, and Japanese. He has also translated biographies. He served as editor of numerous magazines including Suluh Pelajor from 1953 to 1955.

In 1981, Rosidi served as a Guest Lecturer of Indonesian language and literature at the Osaka Univerisity of Foreign Studies in Osaka, Japan, Professor Extraordinary at the Tenri Daigaku, Nara from 1983 to 1994, and Kyoto Sangyo Daigaku, Kyoto from 1983 to 1996.

Rosidi worked to preserve Sundanese culture as well as other cultures of Indonesia, promoted the continued use of local languages and was awarded the Rancage Literacy Award for works in Sundanese; he provided two other awards for works in Javanese and Balinese.