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Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925–2006) was born on the Indonesian island of Java. He is best known for the novels that make up his Buru Quartet, which relates the struggle of Indonesia to liberate itself from the Dutch. Among the honors he received were the PEN Freedom to Write Award and the Ramon Magsaysay Award.


On One of the Great Dutch Novels of Social Reform

How Eduard Douwes Dekker's Max Havelaar Led to a Revolution
July 25, 2019  By Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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