Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer was a prominent Indonesian novelist and intellectual, renowned for his socially and politically engaged literature and considered one of Southeast Asia’s most important writers.

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instanceOf essayist
human
intellectual
novelist
political prisoner
short story writer
associatedWith Lekra NERFINISHED
awardReceived Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres NERFINISHED
Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize NERFINISHED
PEN Freedom to Write Award NERFINISHED
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts NERFINISHED
birthDate 1925-02-06
birthPlace Blora NERFINISHED
Central Java NERFINISHED
Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath complications from diabetes
countryOfCitizenship Indonesia NERFINISHED
deathDate 2006-04-30
describedAs one of Southeast Asia’s most important writers
educatedAt Radio Vocational School in Surabaya NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Javanese people NERFINISHED
familyName Toer NERFINISHED
fullName Pramoedya Ananta Toer NERFINISHED
genre historical fiction
political fiction
givenName Pramoedya NERFINISHED
hasWorkTranslatedTo Dutch
English
French
German
Japanese
influenced Indonesian literature
knownFor socially and politically engaged literature
languageOfWorkOrName Indonesian
Javanese
movement social realism
name Pramoedya Ananta Toer NERFINISHED
nationality Indonesian
notableWork Buru Quartet NERFINISHED
Child of All Nations NERFINISHED
Footsteps NERFINISHED
House of Glass NERFINISHED
Stories from Blora NERFINISHED
The Fugitive NERFINISHED
The Girl from the Coast NERFINISHED
This Earth of Mankind NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 4
occupation editor
journalist
novelist
writer
participantIn Indonesian National Revolution NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Jakarta NERFINISHED
placeOfDetention Buru Island NERFINISHED
Jakarta NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment left-wing
religion Islam
spouse Maemunah Thamrin NERFINISHED
wasImprisonedBy Dutch colonial authorities NERFINISHED
Suharto regime NERFINISHED

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