Herman R is a lecturer of Indonesian Language and Literary at the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of Syiah Kuala University. Herman teaches subjects of Literary History of Indonesian (Sejarah Sastra Indonesia), Literary Theory (Teori Sastra), Drama, Creative Writing, and Intercultural Communication. Herman also teaching Indonesian Language for foreigners on Darmasiswa Programe at Syiah Kuala University. Herman's active write in mass media. He often wins short story writing competitions, essays competitions, and poems competitions. In the authorship, the man born in South Aceh 20 April 1983 is using the pen name Herman RN. Herman wins the prose category literary award from the Balai Bahasa Aceh in 2009. He is the nominee of Cerpenis Pilihan Kompas (2010). Herman was a lecturer at Fatoni University Thailand (2013-2015). Until now Herman is still actively writing in mass media, local and national.