Sri Koesnapsijah

[6] She became active with the new generation of Indonesian writers of the 1930s and began to contribute to the women's section of the Javanese-language literary magazine Panjebar Semangat, which was published in Surabaya by Soetomo and Imam Soepardi.

[9] Her best-known piece was the 1942 short story Kurban Kanggo Mitra which was published in Panjebar Semangat.

[5] After the Indonesian National Revolution, she was very active in Gerwani, an affiliate organization of the Communist Party of Indonesia which was founded in 1950.

[5][10] The organization's original name was Gerakan Wanita Sedar (Gerwis, the Conscious Women's Movement); Koesnapsijah acted as general secretary at the inaugural conference in June 1950, which was chaired by Tris Metty, Umi Sardjono and S. K.

[5] In the mid-1960s she was also appointed as a Communist Party delegate to the consultative body DPR-GR (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat Daerah Gotong Rojong) representing the Jakarta area.