ia ", ▁" Ind ones ia ▁P ulp it ", ▁" A ren a / P loy ", ▁" Con front ation " ▁and ▁" Z en ith ▁Platform ". ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁child , ▁he ▁read ▁numerous ▁translated ▁works ▁in ▁both ▁Indones ia ▁and ▁Sund an ese . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Sund an ese ▁Po et . ▁After ▁reading ▁a ▁guide ▁to ▁writing , ▁Ros idi ▁began ▁writing ▁po ems ▁and ▁short ▁stories . ▁His ▁first ▁short ▁story ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁children ' s ▁section ▁of ▁Indones ia ▁R aya ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 2 . ▁By ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 5 , ▁his ▁work ▁was ▁being ▁published ▁in ▁local ▁mag az ines . ▁He ▁was ▁paid ▁between ▁R p ▁ 2 5 ▁and ▁R p ▁ 1 2 5 ▁per ▁piece , ▁a ▁considerable ▁amount ▁of ▁money ▁then . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁he ▁released ▁his ▁first ▁collection ▁of ▁short ▁stories , ▁published ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁T ah un - t ah un ▁K emat ian ▁( Year s ▁of ▁Death ). ▁He ▁subsequently ▁dropped ▁out ▁of ▁high ▁school ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁writing . ▁At ▁age ▁ 1 7 , ▁he ▁attended ▁African ▁American ▁author ▁Richard ▁Wright ' s ▁lecture ▁" S en iman ▁dan ▁Mas aal ahn ja " ▁( The ▁Art ist ▁and ▁His ▁Problem s ) ▁at ▁the ▁Bal ai ▁Bud aja ▁in ▁Jak arta . ▁ ▁Ros idi ' s ▁works ▁have ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁many ▁foreign ▁languages , ▁published ▁in ▁anth