Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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.]
- "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); if link dead,
try backup
- 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]
- "Não espero nada do
actual regime", Expresso (31 July 99) [Portuguese]
Original works in translation
Original works in Bahasa Indonesia
Interviews in Bahasa Indonesia
Articles from Lentera
1999 tour
- Ariel Heryanto, "Pramoedya
Ananta Toer: Sebuah Album Abad XX", Kompas 2000, (31 Sept 00)
- Sumit Mandal, "Asian
Individualist", Vox, (24 Sept 00)
- Loreen Neville and James Blackburn, "A Litmus Test of
'Reformasi'", Roving Insight, (Sept-Oct 99)
- 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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "Indonesian
Writer Vents His Fury", New York Times (1 Nov 96)
- "Pramoedya
Ananta Toer, ou Pram, le paria", L'Humanité (20 Juin 98)
(French)
- "Pramoedya,
écrivain du silence," L'Humanité (13 Août 96) (French)
- "Les
parias de l'ordre nouveau des généraux indonésiens,"
L'Humanité (26 Sept 96) (French)
- 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); If link
dead, try backup
- Koh Young Hun, "Dunia
Melayu yang Tersirat dalam Tetralogi Bumi Manusia- Pramoedya", Kumpulan
Kertas Kerja Kongres Bahasa Melayu Sedunia I, 1995. [link dead]
- 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
- "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)
- 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 (5/9/99)
- Wendy Law-Yone, "Prisoner of
Conscience", Washington Post (4/25/99). Review of The
Mute's Soliloquy.
- "Setting
Free the Word", Time (7/22/96); backup copy
- "The
Indonesiad", The New Yorker (5/27/96)
- "Warped by
Empire", New York Times Book Review (6/9/96)
- "Jakarta
Quartet", The Washington Post (8/11/96); if link dead, try backup
- World
Literature Today (1/1/96) (n.b. full of inaccuracies)
- "Java
Jive", The New Republic (4/22/96)
- "Arus Balik imbau
sejarah Nusantara", Utusan Malaysia (2/13/96)
- Review of
Footsteps, New Asia Pacific Review (6/1/95)
- "Banned in
Jakarta", NYTBR (1/19/92)
- "A Day in the
Life of an Outlaw-hero", NYTBR (5/20/90)
- Synopsis of
Lied van een Stomme (in Dutch)
- Die
Familie der Partisanen, (synopsis in German of Keluarga
Gerilya)
News reports in English
- Indonesian
writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer to visit, Cornell Chronicle (8
April 99)
- Voice
that will not be silenced, International Herald Tribune (6
April 99); backup copy
- Leading writer rues
his bleak house prospects, South China Morning Post,
(1/12/99)
- Peace award for banned
author, South China Morning Post, (12/17/96)
- Court rejects
Pramoedya's claim, AFP, (11/5/96)
- Pramoedya refuses
summons, KdP, (9/20/96)
- Maemunah's
complaint (6/13/96)
- Cold
War-like Storm over Jailed Writer's Award, IPS, (8/10/95); [link dead]
- Leftist blamed
in riots along with other opposition figures, News-Times/AP, (8/12/96)
[link dead]
- "Pramoedya
Raih 'Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes', Kompas (18 Juli 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)
- 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
- Istri Pramoedya
Mengadu, Kompas, (13 Juni 96)
- Gugatan Maemunah
Ananta Toer Wajar, Kompas, (15 Juni 96)
Miscellanea
- 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
- Anthony Guneratne, The Virtual Spaces
of Postcoloniality; [link dead]
For further information
Pram's new literary agent is responsible for all foreign language rights:
Anna Soler-Pont
Anna Soler-Pont Literary Agency
08021 Barcelona
Spain
tel 00 34 93 201 90
90
fax 00 34 93 414 43 28
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
One of Pram's English-language publishers:
Hyperion Press
114 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Email:
[email protected]
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: mailto:[email protected]
Webpage:
SEAP Publications
[site uses Javascript]
Pramoedya's Indonesian publishers:
Hasta Mitra
Jalan Kelapa Sawit I no.6
Jakarta Timur
13120
Tel./Fax: (0-21) 858 06 37
Email: [email protected]
or [email protected]
A new English-language publisher in Indonesia:
Equinox Publishing
Jalan Malabar #4
Jakarta
12970
Tel./Fax: +62 21 829 7734
Email: [email protected]
Webpage:
http://www.equinoxpublishing.com/
Pramoedya's Dutch publishers:
Uitgeverij De Geus
Leistraat 6 / Postbus 1878
4801 BW
Breda
Nederland
telefoon: 076 - 5228151
fax: 076 -
5222599
Homepage: http://www.degeus.nl/
E-mail: [email protected]
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:
[email protected]
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
Homepagehttp://www.unionsverlag.ch/ Email: [email protected]
Pram's Italian language publishers:
il Saggiatore
via Melzo 9
20129 Milano, Italia
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Homepage:
http://www.txalaparta.com/
Publishers with translations of Pramoedya's work--in print, in any
language--who would like to be listed here, should contact me: [email protected].
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