Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Indonesia's greatest novelist, who wrote the Buru Quartet while imprisoned on Buru Island under Suharto's dictatorship. This epic of Indonesian colonialism and nationalism is among the greatest works of world literature.
Works
- This Earth of MankindNovel depicting Indonesian colonialism and birth of nationalism
- Child of All NationsNovel following nationalist awakening in colonial Indonesia
- FootstepsNovel of nationalist struggle and personal sacrifice
- House of GlassFourth novel in quartet chronicling Indonesian nationalist struggle
- The Fugitive