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Pramoedya Ananta Toer

1925 - 2006

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram, 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 Sukarno and Suharto, and are infused with personal and national history. Pramoedya's writings sometimes fell out of favour with the colonial and later the authoritarian native governments in power. He faced censorship in Indonesia during the pre-Reformasi era even though he was well-known outside Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pramoedya Ananta Toer is the 1,750th most popular writer (down from 1,572nd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 1,750 out of 7,302Before him are Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Fernando Arrabal, Moschus, Stanisław Wyspiański, Rick Riordan, and Ivan Klíma. After him are Eustathius of Thessalonica, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Sri Chinmoy, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Mário de Andrade, and Bob Woodward.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 122Before him are Flannery O'Connor, Honor Blackman, Warren Christopher, Bauer, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, and Tofiq Bahramov. After him are Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Antoine Gizenga, Lepa Radić, Luis Molowny, François-Xavier Ortoli, and Nancy Roman. Among people deceased in 2006, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 91Before him are Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Lee Jong-wook, Richard Fleischer, María Capovilla, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Tina Aumont. After him are Pietro Rava, Angelica Rozeanu, Ibolya Csák, Aaron Spelling, Red Buttons, and Elias Hrawi.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 20 out of 158Before him are Kartini (1879), Anggun (1972), Enrique of Malacca (1495), Julius Darmaatmadja (1934), Jan Toorop (1858), and Diponegoro (1785). After him are Dharmakirti (700), George Uhlenbeck (1900), Lil Dagover (1887), Hendrik Brouwer (1581), Adam Malik (1917), and Raden Saleh (1811).

Among WRITERS In Indonesia

Among writers born in Indonesia, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 1After him are Hella Haasse (1918), Chairil Anwar (1922), Amir Hamzah (1911), Abdul Muis (1883), Nh. Dini (1936), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), and Ayu Utami (1968).