Pramoedya ananta toer biography sample
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer Biography
Books
Toer, Pramoedya Ananta, The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir , trans. Willem Samuels, Hyperion, 1999.
Periodicals
Catholic New Times , June 20, 1999.
Financial Times , May 1, 2006.
Guardian (London, England), May 3, 2006.
Independent (London, England), May 2, 2006.
Nation , February 3, 1992.
Progressive , October 1999.
Publishers Weekly , February 9, 1990.
World Literature Today , Summer 2000.
Online
"Ananta Toer, Pramoedya," Contemporary Authors Online , Gale, 2007, http://www.galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (January 13, 2007).
"Biographical Data: Pramoedya Ananta Toer," http://www.radix.net/∼bardsley/biodata.html (January 13, 2007).
"A Chat with Pramoedya Ananta Toer," Michigan Today , http://www.umich.edu/∼newsinfo/MT/99/Sum99/mt9j99.html (January 13, 2007).
"Pramoedya Ananta Toer," Book
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer is an Indonesian novelist, historian (noted for his works on Indonesian Chinese ethnicity and the history of revolution), as well as journalist. He was a political prisoner during Soeharto’s purge of the Indonesian Communist Party (1965-1978), having previously worked as Editor of Lentara, a cultural supplement of Bintang Timur, and was a prominent member of the communist-leaning People’s Institute of Culture (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat/LEKRA). He was a productive writer, both before his arrest in 1965 and even after his release from jail in 1987. Even though Pramoedya was more renowned for his literary works, he has made a long-lasting contribution to Indonesian social and political thought, which could be categorized in three themes: (1) a rethinking of postcolonial identity; (2) a critique of nativism, colonialism, and authoritarianism; and (3) a contribution of Indonesian perspective of socialist realism in arts and literature.
A rethinking of post • Indonesian novelist and writer (1925–2006) In this Indonesian name, there is no family name nor a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Pramoedya. Pramoedya Ananta Toer Pramoedya, c. 1955 Arvah Iljas Maemunah Thamrin Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram,[1] was an Indonesian novelist and writer. His works span the colonial period under Dutch rule, Indonesia's struggle for independence, its occupation by Japan during World War II, as well as the post-colonial authoritarian regimes of Sukar Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Born (1925-02-06)6 February 1925
Blora, Dutch East IndiesDied 30 April 2006(2006-04-30) (aged 81)
Jakarta, IndonesiaOccupation Notable works Spouse