Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - List of Books by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur) (6 February 1925 — 30 April 2006) was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemic and histories of his homeland and its people. His works span the colonial period, Indonesia's struggle for independence, the occupation by Japan during WWII, as well as the post-colonial authoritarian regimes of Sukarno and Suharto and are infused with personal and national history.

Pramoedya's writings sometimes fell out of favor with the colonial and later the authoritarian native governments in power. Pramoedya faced censorship in Indonesia during the pre-reformation era despite the fact that he was well known outside Indonesia. During the changeover to the Suharto regime Pramoedya was caught up in the shifting tides of political change and power struggles in Indonesia. He was seen as a holdover from the previous regime (even though he had struggled with the former regime as well) and was banished for years to Buru island where political prisoners were kept. It was there that he composed his most famous work, the Buru Quartet. Not permitted access to writing materials, he recited the story orally to other prisoners before it was written down and smuggled out. Pramoedya opposed some policies of founding President Sukarno as well as the New Order regime of Suharto, Sukarno's successor. Political criticisms were often subtle in his writing, although he was outspoken against colonialism and racism. During the many years in which he suffered imprisonment and house arrest, he became a cause célèbre for advocates of human rights and freedom of expression.

Early Years   more

Post-Independence Prominence   more

Imprisonment Under Suharto   more

Release and Subsequent Works   more

Awards   more

Major Works   more

Further Reading   more

This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pramoedya Ananta Toer", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
Total Books: 50
Child of All Nations
1996 - Child of All Nations [Buru Quartet, Bk 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140256338
ISBN-10: 0140256334
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
 2

Fugitive
Fugitive (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780380714964
ISBN-10: 0380714965
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  ?