[1] In 1962–1970, he was a journalist in the evening capital newspaper "Sinar Harapan", in 1970-1971 – in the National information agency "Antara".

[4] The first novel "The First Days" was published in 1964 in the magazine "Mimbar Indonesia" and was highly appreciated by the well-known critic HB Jassin.

Among the collections of short stories are “Matias Akankari (1971), "Rocking and love letters of Alexander Rajaguguk" (1974), “Nostalgia for the Small Sunda Islands” (1976), “The Trap” (1978), “Under the Sun of Bali” (1982), "The Little Coral" (1985).

The novels of the late 1970s and the 1980s are "Caresses of savannahs" (1979), “The Love thread” (1982), “The Bell” (1982), “Requiem for a Woman (1983), “The Pearl in the Paddy Field "(1984)," Prayer for Peace "(1987),"The Dream of Nyoman Sulastri and Hannibal" (1988),"Poti Volo"(1988), "Thunderstorm over the Country"(2010).

[5] The writer's works have been translated into English, Dutch, German, Russian, Turkish and Japanese.