Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toerwas 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, its occupation by Japan during the Second World War, as well as the post-colonial authoritarian regimes of Sukarno and Suharto, and are infused with personal and national history. The Dutch Government imprisoned him from 1947 to 1949, the Suharto regime from 1965 to 1979...
NationalityIndonesian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 February 1925
CountryIndonesia
I don't follow any kind of 'isms.' If there is one, it will be Pram-ism.
I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.
Capital dictates the fate of humanity.