Pramoedya Ananta Toer

World literature: Author

I was saddened to learn that Pramoedya passed away, April 30, 2006, at 8:55am Jakarta time. --Alex (contact info)

Recent reports (sorry if some of these links rot faster than I can update them): in the Jakarta Post(1); in the Jakarta Post(2); in the Jakarta Post(3); in the Jakarta Post(4); in the Jakarta Post(5); in the Star (MY); also in the Star; in the Age; in the Sun2Surf; in the Washington Post; in the New York Times; in the Herald; in the Financial Times; in the Sidney Morning Herald; also in SMH; in the Jakarta Post; in the Star (MY); in the Scotsman; from ABCnews.

for more check out Waruno Mahdi's site.

Website dedicated to Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer. It is intended primarily as a research tool. It contains photos, biographical and bibliographical information, essays and interviews in translation, news reports and book reviews, abstracts, articles and letters, a growing list of publishers, and many other links. Submissions, requests, questions and links are welcome. Note that some documents reproduced here or linked to contain inaccuracies: rather than repeat them, please double-check your facts. Also, if any of the links on this page go dead, and you really need access to the document in question, I may be able to dig it up: just ask.

"Ilmu pengetahuan semakin banyak melahirkan keajaiban. Dongengan leluhur sampai malu tersipu. Tak perlu lagi orang bertapa bertahun untuk dapat bicara dengan seseorang di seberang lautan. Orang Jerman telah memasang kawat laut dari Inggris sampai India! Dan kawat semacam itu membiak berjuluran ke seluruh permukaan bumi. Seluruh dunia kini dapat mengawasi tingkah-laku seseorang. Dan orang dapat mengawasi tingkah-laku seluruh dunia" (Bumi Manusia, p.316).

[Scientific knowledge brought into being ever more wonders. The legends of my ancestors were shamed into silence. No longer did one have to meditate for years to be able to speak with someone across the sea. Some Germans had stretched a sea-cable from England to India! And wires of this sort were proliferating from here to there all across the face of the earth. Now the whole world could observe the actions of a single person. And one could watch the activity of the whole world.]

Photos

• Pram at home, July 1997
• Pram at home, March 1998
• Pram at home, December 1999
• Pramoedya in New York, Spring 1999
• Pram at home, January 1995 (link to Yale Journal of Criticism 9.1
• More photos on A.D.Ticoalu's site.

Biographical information

• In Wikipedia;
• From Indonesia 36
• From Apa dan Siapa;
• Books and Writers Calendar
• Biographische Angaben (in German)
• fakta (in Czech, if I'm not mistaken)
• From Encyclopædia Britannica (must be EB subscriber)
• "100 Tokoh Peradaban: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Sastrawan Lokal di Pentas Dunia", Forum Keadilan [link dead]

Essays by Pramoedya in translation

• "My Apologies, in the Name of Experience"
• "Literature, Censorship and the State"; compare to Marianne Katoppo's translation
• "The Book that Killed Colonialism", New York Times Magazine (18 April 99). Backup link; backup copy
• "Dictator from Day One", Time (24 May 99) Backup copy
• "Sukarno", Time (23 August 99)
• "I Just Don't Believe in Her", Time (6 August 01) Backup copy

Interviews in translation

• A Chat with Pramoedya, Michigan Today (Summer 99)
• Interview with TAPOL (July 99)
• "Mute no more", Salon (4 June 99); Backup copy
• "Escaping Indonesia's iron fist in fiction", Los Angeles Times (6 June 99)
• "Only a Storm in a Coffeecup"
• Radio Netherlands (7/22/95)
• "I Have Closed the Book on Power" (Sept 95)
• "I Can Only Oppose With Words", Index on Censorship (Spring 97); [link probably dead]: Backup link
• Interview by Sebastian Tong and Fong Foong Mei (12/26/96)
• Pramoedya's Fiction and History: An Interview with Indonesian Novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, January 16, 1995, Chris GoGwilt, Yale Journal of Criticism 9.1 (1996)
• RealAudio file interview from NPR's "All Things Considered" (6/12/97) [link dead]
• "A Plea for Indonesia's 'Silent Millions'", Washington Post (6/7/98) [link dead]
• "Cabalgando el Siglo a Lomos del Tigre", interview with Alfonso Ormaetxea. [Spanish]
• "Não espero nada do actual regime", Expresso (31 July 99) [Portuguese]; Backup copy
• Interview in Swedish, by Gunilla Kinn
• "Gott ist nie mit den Verlierern", WochenZeitung WoZ (2002) [in German]

Original works in translation

• First chapter of The Mute's Soliloquy, (link to the New York Times website)
• Excerpt from The Girl from the Coast, (link to mostlyfiction.com)

Original works in Bahasa Indonesia

• Pramoedya, "Tailalat", cerita pendek 1996, kalam 10, (1997)
• Pramoedya, "Ma'af, atas nama pengalaman"
• Pramoedya, "Sastra, Sensor, dan Negara"
• Pramoedya, "Sikap dan Peran Kaum Intelektual di Dunia Ketiga", Peranan Intelektual, Kuala Lumpur: Insan, 1987.
• Pramoedya, "Djakarta", Almanak Seni 1957, Djakarta: Badan Musjawarat Kebudajaan Nasional (BKMN), 1956.

Interviews in Bahasa Indonesia

• "Dulu, Saya Tak Pernah Menyangka akan Menjadi Tua", Sinar Harapan (4 April 02)
• "Omong Kosong Saja Rekonsiliasi", Forum Keadilan (26 Maret 00)
• "Yang Tidak Setuju, Ya minggir Saja", Tempo (4 Mei 99)
• "Nama Saya Tidak Pernah Kotor", Jawa Post (18 April 99); Backup copy
• Lebih Jauh dengan Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Kompas (4 April 99)
• "Saya Tidak Pernah Jadi Budak", Tempo (30 Maret 99)
• "Calon Kuat Penerima Nobel Tahun ini?", Mutiara (19 Sept 95)
• "Saya Sudah Tutup Buku dengan Kekuasaan", Suara Independen (Aug 95)
• "Itu Hanya Badai dalam Segelas Kopi", Sintesa: "Indonesia (c)Emas," no.10, viii, 1995.
• "Saya Menarik Diri", Optimis (24 Juli 81)

Letters, correspondence, essays, speeches and public statements

• "On the occasion of Human Rights Day, December 10, 1992" (I belive this was also published on the op-ed page of the New York Times
• "Timor Timur Tragedi Sisa-Sisa Perang Dingin", Istiqlal (12 Oktober 99); written for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (?)
• "Arti Penting Sejarah", Pidato Pramoedya Ananta Toer pada peluncuran ulang Media Kerja Budaya (14 Juli 99)
• "Rasialisme Anti-Tionghoa dan Percobaan Menjawabnya", Jaringan Kerja Budaya (22 Juli 99)
• Pidato Pram dalam pelantikan sebagai anggota PRD (21 Maret 99)
• Speech by Pramoedya Ananta Toer on the occasion of his swearing in as a member of the People's Democratic Party (21 March 99)
• Surat terbuka kepada Keith Foulcher (5 Maret 85)
• E-mail tentang Digul (29 Jan 98)
• Seruan pada Angkatan Muda/Mahasiswa (22 Mei 98)
• Call to the Young Generation/Students (22 May 98)
• In Memorium: WF Wertheim (4 November 98)
• Pram, Sambutan pada pendirian komite persiapan legalisasi PRD
• "G30S tak lain metamorphosis politik anti-Konfrontasi Inggris" Pengantar Pram pada buku Greg Poulgrain: The Genesis of Malaysia Konfrontasi: Brunei and Indonesia, 1945-1965)

Articles from Lentera

• "Jang Harus Dibabat dan Harus Dibangun" (bagian I: Bintang Timur, 10 Aug, 1 Sept 1962)
• "Jang Harus Dibabat dan Harus Dibangun" (bagian II: Bintang Timur, 7 Sept, 12 Okt 1962)
• "Dengan Datangnya Lenin Bumi Manusia Lebih Kaya", Bintang Timur (22 April 1960)
• "Kenapa Kebudayaan Imperialis Amerika Serikat Yang Harus Dijebol?", Harian Rakyat (15 Maret 1964)
• "Tahun 1965 Tahun Pembabatan Total", Bintang Timur (9 Mei 1965)

1999 tour

• Documents and information pertaining to Pramoedya's tour of North America and Europe, spring 1999

Abstracts

• Abstracts of 1996 AAS conference panel, "Apa itu Pramoedya? (What is Pramoedya?)"
• Abstract of Henk Maier's JSAF lecture, "Literary Politics in Indonesia"
• Abstract of Bardsley MA thesis, "A Political Subject: Changing Consciousness in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's Bumi Manusia and Anak Semua Bangsa"
• Abstract of Koh Young Hun PhD dissertation (English) [link dead]
• Abstract of the film, Islands on Fire

Articles, essays and papers concerning Pram

• Turid Larsen, "Lidenskap og avmakt på Java", Lordag Dagsavisen (19 Feb 03) [apparently Norwegian]
• Loh Chih Hui, "'Mama, why is Inem screaming?': Narration and Perspective in Pramoedya's 'Inem'", Literary Studies, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore (9 July 02)
• Rainer Werning, "Schreiben unter Kolonialisten, Besetzern, Diktatoren", WochenZeitung WoZ (2002) [in German]
• Wilson, "Berhilir pada Sastra, Berhulu pada Politik", Pantau (Nov 01)
• Dini Djalal, "Long-term Literary Revival Sought In Indonesia", Far Eastern Economic Review (1 Nov 01)
• Abdul Razak Ahmad, "Pramoedya sees revolution as the destiny of Indonesia", New Straits Times (Malaysia) (19 Aug 01)
• Ariel Heryanto, "Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Sebuah Album Abad XX", Kompas 2000, (31 Sept 00)
• Sumit Mandal, "Asian Individualist", Vox, (24 Sept 00)
• Seth Mydans, "Indonesians Differ on Penalties for the Past", New York Times (27 Aug 00)
• Scott Burchill, "Indonesia's killing fields are Soeharto's worst legacy", Sydney Morning Herald, (21 Aug 00)
• Bona Beding, "Bagai Kertas Layang-layang", Hidup (14 Mei 00)
• Ong Sor Fern, "Fighting Spirit", Straits Times (8 May 00)
• Loreen Neville and James Blackburn, "A Litmus Test of 'Reformasi'", Roving Insight, (Sept-Oct 99)
• Pheng Cheah, "Universal Areas: Asian Studies in a World in Motion"
• Allen Reidy, "Lessons on Censorship: Pramoedya Ananta Toer Visits Kroch Library", SEAP (spring 99)
• Jeong Min-hee, "Reflecting Absurd Society to His Works", The Argus, HUFS (1999?)
• Robert Templer, "Pramoedya", Prospect (June 99)
• Val Ross, "Indonesian writer speaks about rights", Globe and Mail (28 May 99)
• Stan Persky, "A prisoner's paean", Vancouver Sun (22 May 99)
• Beth Hughes, "Child of all nations", San Francisco Examiner (16 May 99)
• Geeta Sharma-Jensen, "Prison years haven't slowed writer", Milwaukee Journal Sentinal (16 May 99)
• William R. Wineke, "Fresh perspectives", Wisconsin State Journal (6 May 99)
• Elizabeth Bukowski, "A 'Mute' Talks Back", Wall Street Journal (30 April 99); backup copy
• Barbara Crossette, "Unbowed and only slightly bitter", New York Times (26 April 99); backup copy
• Goenawan Mohamad, Surat Terbuka buat Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Tempo (April 00)
• Goenawan Mohamad, Catatan Pinggir: Pram, Tempo (27 April 99); backup copy
• Aboeprijadi Santoso, "Pram menjadi selebriti di New York", Radio Nederland (23 April 99)
• Soetjipto Wirosardjono, "Dia pendamba humanisme", Jawa Pos (16 April 99)
• David Streitfeld, "The stories no prison could hold", Washington Post (14 April 99); Backup copy
• Bersihar Lubis dan A. Latief Siregar, "Seniman berpartai bukan makhluk suci", GAMMA (26 April 99)
• Mishi Saran, "In Indonesia, a Voice That Will Not Be Silenced", International Herald Tribune (6 April 99)
• Marshall Clark, "Cleansing the earth", Inside Indonesia (October 98)
• "Dissident writing in Indonesia", The Economist (18 July 98)
• Jorge Ramos, From Periódico Público, (1 Junio 98) (Spanish)
• Yenni Kwok, "Fighting Words", Asiaweek (24 April 98)
• Terry McCarthy, "Novel Cause", Time (20 April 98); Backup copy
• Sumit Mandal, "Pramoedya and independence", New Straits Times (21 Aug 96)
• David Paul Ragan, "Meeting a Dissident Writer", Humanities, (March/April 98)
• Seth Mydans, "Indonesian Writer Vents His Fury", New York Times (1 Nov 96)
• Dominique Bari, "Pramoedya Ananta Toer, ou Pram, le paria", L'Humanité (20 Juin 98) (French); backup copy
• "Pramoedya, écrivain du silence," L'Humanité (13 Août 96) (French); backup copy
• "Les parias de l'ordre nouveau des généraux indonésiens," L'Humanité (26 Sept 96) (French); Backup link
• G. Soedarta, "Penghormatan untuk Sang Maestro", Suara Independen (Maret 96). Resensi buku Pramoedya Ananta Toer 70 Tahun.
• Lilik Prakoso, "Memotret Pikiran Pramoedya", Suara Independen (Maret 97). Resensi buku Koh Young Hun, Pemikiran Pramoedya Ananta Toer Dalam Novel-Novel Mutakhirnya
• Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, "Panggil Aku Kartini Saja", ISTIQLAL (22 April 97)
• 'Budaya "Instant" Hambat Perkembangan Novel Indonesia', Kompas (10 Desember 97)
• Goenawan Mohamad, "Catatan Pinggir: Pram", Suara Independen 3/I, (Agustus 95)
• Pram dan Umar Kayam tentang "Saman", Kompas (5 April 98)
• "Pram dan larangan buku-bukunya", Tempo (6 Oktober 98); Backup copy
• Wiratmo Soekito, "Pram Seorang Promethean?", Republika (10 Sept 95)
• John McBeth, "Red Menace: Warnings of a communist revival get personal", Far Eastern Economic Review (2 Nov 95)
• Koh Young Hun, "Dunia Melayu yang Tersirat dalam Tetralogi Bumi Manusia- Pramoedya", Kumpulan Kertas Kerja Kongres Bahasa Melayu Sedunia I, 1995. [link dead]: Backup copy
• Siobhan Dowd, "Mission to Indonesia Finds Books Banned, Writers Jailed", PEN Newsletter (Summer 94)
• Arjan Tupan, "Pramoedya Ananta Toer: gecensureerd goed" (Dutch)
• John M. Brownlee, "Colonial Knowledge and Indigenous Power in the Dutch East Indies", Explorations 1:2, (spring 1998)

On the book Hoakiau di Indonesia

• "Mengenal Minoritas Tionghoa di Indonesia", Kompas (21 Februari 99)
• "Masyarakat supaya akomodatif terhadap golongan Tionghoa", Kompas (17 Mei 99)
• Eddin Khoo, "Advancing the virtues of reason", Sunday Star, (31 January 99)
• "Delving into Indonesia's past", Business Times, (23 October 98)
• Top novelist reissues banned book, Straits Times, (22 October 98)
• Surat Pramoedya Buat Chen Xiaru, Tempo (6 Oktober 98); If link dead, try backup
• Pram, "Rasialisme Anti-Tionghoa dan Percobaan Menjawabnya", (SiaR)
• Sumit Mandal, "Bukan Sekadar Pembelaan", (21 Oktober 98) (SiaR)
• Goenawan Mohamad, "Sebuah Catatan Lain", (SiaR)
• Pram luncurkan buku Hoakiau di Indonesia lagi, Media Indonesia (22 Okt 98) [link dead]
• Diluncurkan, Hoakiau di Indonesia, Kompas (22 Okt 98)

On the film Jalan Raya Pos (The Great Post Road)

• Pieter van Huystee films: Description and information on ordering [link dead]
• Fortuna films: source of video with English subtitles
• Vannessa Hearman, Review, Inside Indonesia 51, (July-September 1997)
• Vancouver International Film Festival description
• Abstract of film Jalan Raya Pos (The Great Post Road) (English and Dutch)
• Review in Dutch of Jalan Raya Pos (De Groote Postweg)
• More in Dutch about director Bernie IJdis and the film; Another review in Dutch [link dead]
• "Mengenang Tuan Besar Guntur", Suara Independen (Sept-Okt 96). Resensi film Jalan Raya Pos.

Book reviews

• Poornima Apte, Shannon Bloomstran, Reviews of All That is Gone: Stories and The Girl from the Coast, MostlyFiction.com (23 Feb 04 and 11 Aug 02, respectively)
• Mark Hanusz, Review of Buru Quartet, The Asian Review of Books on the web (10 March 03)
• Sarah Rachel Egelman, Review of The Girl from the Coast, at bookreporter.com (2003)
• David Kipen, "Lonely life of a 'practice wife'", San Francisco Chronicle (6 Oct 02); backup copy
• Joy Press, "Bound to Java's Huts", The Village Voice (19 Aug 02)
• Nell Freudenberger, "A Practice Wife's Story", New York Times (11 Aug 02); backup copy
• Carolyn See, "Before He Was Ready for the Nobel", Washington Post (2 Aug 02); backup copy
• Maria Hartiningsih, "Surat Pramoedya untuk Para Perempuan Remaja", Kompas (15 April 01); resensi buku Perawan Remaja dalam Cengkeraman Militer
• Philip Hughes, "Book Review: Stories from Blora" (19 August 00)
• Andrew O'Hehir, Review of The Girl from the Coast, Salon.com (1 Aug 02)
• David Caminada, "Lluita de classes i sexes a l'illa de Java", review of Girl from the Coast, in Diari Avui (11 July 02) [in Spanish]
• P. G. Punchihewa, "Honoured abroad; Persecuted at home", from unidentified Sri Lankan media (7 April 02) [Yo! put your name or logo somewhere on your site]
• "Lied van een stomme, Brieven van Buru", review(?) of The Mute's Soliloquy, Foundation Teilhard de Chardin (in Dutch)
• "Eine Ästhetik des kolonialen Widerstands", review in German of Buru Quartet, Beat Mazenauer
• Kaavya Viswanathan, Review of The Girl from the Coast, FreshAngles
• Lie Hua, "Pramoedya's indictment of Japanese war crimes", review of Perawan Remaja dalam Cengkraman Militer, Jakarta Post (19 August 01)
• Darul Aqsha, "New volume reveals 'hidden intentions'", review of Kronik Revolusi Indonesia Jilid III (1947 Jakarta Post (24 June 01)
• Darul Aqsha, "Snapshot on the role of women in an era of armed struggle", review of Larasati, Jakarta Post (13 May 01)
• Mehru Jaffer, "Book on life as lived by the majority", review of It's Not An All Night Fair, Jakarta Post (13 May 01)
• Michael Vatikiotis, "Pramoedya: Indonesian Despair", review of Tales from Djakarta, FEER (8 March 01)
• Lie Hua, "Pramoedya lays bare the cruelty of the city", review of Tales from Djakarta, Jakarta Post (30 December 00)
• "Menafsir Sebuah Kudeta Politik", review of Arok dan Dedes, Detik (Maret 00)
• Chris Brummitt, "Pramoedya speaks out about Buru Island", review of The Mute's Soliloquy, Jakarta Post (5 March 00)
• Sandra Chait, Review of The Mute's Soliloquy, Seattle Times (27 June 99)
• Zuraidah Ibrahim, "Even in prison", Straits Times (27 June 99)
• Wendy Belcher, "The Prisoner", LA Weekly (4 June 99); backup copy
• Jonathan Rosen, "South Seas Gulag", New York Times (16 May 99); backup copy
• Mark Herman, "Eloquence in Exile", San Francisco Chronicle (9 May 99)
• Wendy Law-Yone, "Prisoner of Conscience", Washington Post (25 April 99). Review of The Mute's Soliloquy.
• "Setting Free the Word", Time (22 July 96); Backup link
• "The Indonesiad", The New Yorker (27 May 96); Backup copy
• John David Morley, "Warped by Empire", review of House of Glass, New York Times Book Review (9 June 96)
• "Jakarta Quartet", The Washington Post (11 August 96); [link probably dead]: Backup link; Backup copy
• World Literature Today (1 January 96) (n.b. full of inaccuracies)
• "Java Jive", The New Republic (22 April 96)
• "Arus Balik imbau sejarah Nusantara", Utusan Malaysia (13 Feb 96)
• Review of Footsteps, New Asia Pacific Review (1 June 95)
• "Banned in Jakarta", NYTBR (19 Jan 92)
• "The Indonesian Way, By Willem Samuels, Reply by Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books (25 Octorber 90)
• "A Day in the Life of an Outlaw-hero", review of The Fugitive, NYTBR (20 May 90)
• Synopsis of Lied van een Stomme (in Dutch)
• Die Familie der Partisanen, (synopsis in German of Keluarga Gerilya)
• "Menneskenes jord", review of Bumi Manusia (in Norwegian) (6 March 03)

Bibliographical information

• Works, letters, interviews (collected circa 1996)
• Selected sources and references (collected circa 1996)
• Pramoedya in Cornell University Library (latest search 12 October 00); New search
• Pramoedya in Library of Congress (latest search 27 October 00); New search
• Pramoedya in Bibliography of Asian Studies (latest search 6 May 98)
• Pramoedya in University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries (latest search 12 October 00); New search
• Pramoedya in University of Washington Library (latest search 28 May 98)
• Pramoedya in EBSCO (search 29 May 98)
• Short works: 1947-58
• Longer works
• Indonesia 61: Table of Contents

News reports in English

• Pramoedya wins Norwegian Authors's Union award, Jakarta Post (28 May 04)
• Todd Crowell, "New Life for a Legend: A publisher bets on Indonesia's greatest writer", Asiaweek.com (16 Jan 01)
• Author Back in Good Graces, Influences Wahid, Asia Times online (15 December 99) [unusually accurate and interesting --agb]
• Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer to visit, Cornell Chronicle (8 April 99)
• Leading writer rues his bleak house prospects, South China Morning Post, (12 Jan 99)
• Peace award for banned author, South China Morning Post, (17 Dec 96)
• Court rejects Pramoedya's claim, AFP, (5 Nov 96)
• Pramoedya refuses summons, KdP, (20 Sept 96)
• Maemunah's complaint (13 June 96)

News reports in Indonesian

• "Pram Dapat Kejutan dari Norwegia", Kompas (3 Juni 04)
• "Balada Hasta Mitra", Kompas (19 April 03)
• "Sejumlah Koleksi Pramoedya Ananta Toer Dicuri", Kompas (10 Maret 03)
• "Pramoedya Diusulkan Jadi Anggota Akademi Jakarta", Kompas (27 Agustus 02)
• "Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Kekacauan Bangsa Saat Ini karena Kurang Kesadaran Sejarah", Kompas (2 Januari 02)
• "Bonfire of Liberties" di Era Reformasi, Suara Pembaruan (22 Mei 01)
• "Joesoef Isak dan Penerbit 'Underdog' Hasta Mitra", Kompas (29 Maret 01)
• "Pramoedya Persoalkan Larangan Peredaran Bukunya", Kompas (23 Maret 01)
• "Pramoedya Raih 'Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes', Kompas (18 Juli 00)
• "Komando Antikomunis Temui Pramoedya", Kompas (15 Mei 00)
• "Gus Dur Temui Pramoedya Ananta Toer", Kompas (3 Mei 00)
• "Surat Soeharto untuk Pramoedya", Kompas (16 Sept 99)
• "Negara Ini Menyandung Kesalahan Historis", Kompas (16 Juli 99)
• Pram memulai tur keliling Eropa, Radio Nederland (1 Juni 99)
• Pramoedya tidak dendam mengenang masa lalunya, Media Indonesia (24 Maret 99) [link dead]
• Soeharto tidak mungkin diadili, Jawa Pos (12 April 99); backup copy
• Pramoedya Promosikan Bukunya Ke Amerika, Suara Pembaruan (6 April 99)
• Karya Pramoedya,YB Mangunwijaya dan Slamet D. Hasilkan Doktor, Republika, (11 Feb 99) [link dead]
• Gugatan Pramoedya atas rumahnya tetap dikalahkan, SiaR (8 Jan 99)
• Pram jadi anggota kehormatan PEN International yang ke-8, SiaR (23 Okt 98)
• Di New York Bumi Manusia mengulangi sukses di Jakarta, SiaR (4 Okt 97)
• Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, "Peluncuran 'Panggil Aku Kartini Saja'", ISTIQLAL, (22 Apr 97)
• Pram menggugat Des Alwi & Dahlan Iskan, PIPA, (7 Nov 96)
• Wawancara Des Alwi, Tiara 166, (18 Sept 96) [link dead]
• Pramoedya Terima Penghargaan UNESCO, PIPA, (6 Nov 96)
• Gugatan Maemunah Tidak Diterima, Kompas, (6 Nov 96)
• Soal Rumah Eks Tapol, Forum Keadilan, (7 Okt 96); if link is dead, use Backup copy
• Istri Pramoedya Mengadu, Kompas, (13 Juni 96) Backup link
• Gugatan Maemunah Ananta Toer Wajar, Kompas, (15 Juni 96)
• Pram Tak Masuk Daftar Cekal, Republika (23 Aug 95)
• Pram Masih dicekal, tidak boleh ke Filipina, Suara Merdeka (26 Juli 95)

Miscellanea

• RAMÓN LOBO, "Un escritor silenciado bajo protección de EE UU", El Pais (24 Junio 01) [in Spanish]
• Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (but Pram was born in '25, not '16)
• Talk of the Nation, Nation Public Radio. Transcript of radio interview with Will Schwalbe, including a discussion of This Earth of Mankind with callers (19 November 1999)
• Joesoef Isak, "The Shaping of the Mute's Soliloquy: part 1", presented at the Fordham University conference, "the Voice of Pramoedya Ananta Toer in Indonesia and in World Literature" (24 April 1999)
• Goenawan Mohamad, "A Kind of Silence", closing remarks at the Asia Society event, "Pramoedya Unbound" (22 April 1999)
• Asahan A., pram di amsterdam
• Wiji Thukul,apa yang berharga dari puisiku (22 Juli 1996)
• On the book, To be free: stories from Asia's struggle against oppression, by Chee Soon Juan. contains chapter on Pramoedya. Website includes excerpts)
• "Verklaring van Pramoedya Ananta Toer" (10 Dec 1992) (Dutch) [link dead]
• Ben Abel, "Itulah Ia" (10 Desember 98)
• "P.A.T", sajak dari kumpulan Sambitan Ira Iramanto
• Pram, "Sambitan-nya Ira Iramanto", resensi kumpulan itu

For further information

• A.D.Ticoalu's Pramoedya site
• Search Indopubs archives
• Cornell University Library
• Pramoedya's books in English available from Amazon.com
• Books by Pramoedya available from QB World books
• More information about Pramoedya's work available in Indonesia, courtesy of Waruno Mahdi

Publishers

Pram's literary agent is responsible for all foreign language rights:

Pontas Literary & Film Agency
Anna Soler-Pont, contact
Travessera de Gràcia, 22
08021 Barcelona
Spain
tel 00 34 93 201 90 90
info@pontas-agency.com
www.pontas-agency.com

The Indonesian-language originals of many of Pramoedya's books are available by mail from his Malaysian publishers:

Wira Karya
11 Lorong 11/4E
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia
Fax: 603-7561879
Email: Wira Karya

Some of Pram's English-language publishers:

Hyperion Press
114 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Email: will.schwalbe@abc.com

Indra Publishing
PO Box 7, Briar Hill, Vic. 3088, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9439 7555 Fax: +61 3 9439 7555
Email: ian@indra.com.au
website

An English translation of Pram's Tales from Djakarta can be ordered from SEAP Publications:

Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications
640 Stewart Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850-3857
Email: SEAP-Pubs@cornell.edu
Webpage: SEAP Publications [site uses Javascript]

A new English-language publisher in Indonesia:

Equinox Publishing
Jalan Malabar #4
Jakarta 12970
Tel./Fax: +62 21 829 7734
Email: editor@equinoxpublishing.com
Webpage: www.equinoxpublishing.com

Pramoedya's Indonesian publishers:

Hasta Mitra
Jalan Kelapa Sawit I no.6
Jakarta Timur 13120
Tel./Fax: (0-21) 858 06 37
Email: yusak@cbn.net.id
or yusak7@yahoo.com

Pramoedya's Dutch publishers:

Uitgeverij De Geus
Leistraat 6 / Postbus 1878
4801 BW Breda
Nederland
telefoon: 076 - 5228151
fax: 076 - 5222599
Homepage: www.degeus.nl
E-mail: info@degeus.nl

Pramoedya's German publishers:

Horlemann Verlag
Gruener Weg 11
D-53572 Unkel
Deutschland / Germany
Fax. +49 (0) 2224 / 54 29
Homepage: www.mediacompany.com/horlemann
Email: horlemann@aol.com

Another of Pram's German-language publishers:

Unionsverlag
Limmat Verlag
Rieterstrasse 18
CH - 8059 Zürich
Telefon: 0041 - 1 - 281 14 00
Telefax: 0041 - 1 - 281 14 40
Pramoedya at Unionsverlag website
Email: unionsverlag@access.ch

Pram's Italian language publishers:

il Saggiatore
via Melzo 9
20129 Milano, Italia
Email: stampa@saggiatore.it

Pram's Spanish and Basque language publishers:

Editorial Txalaparta S.L.
Navaz y Vides 1-2
31300 Tafalla-Navarra
Estado espanol

Tf. 948 755260
Fax 948 755012

Email: txalaparta@txalaparta.com
Homepage: www.txalaparta.com

A Serbian publisher:

ALFA ,,Narodna knjiga"
Šafarikova 11
11000 Beograd
Serbia & Montenegro

Publishers with translations of Pramoedya's work--in print, in any language--who would like to be listed here, should contact me: contact info

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