About Pramoedya Ananta Toer:
Pramoedya Ananta Toer was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemic and histories of his homeland and its people. His works span the colonial period, Indonesia's struggle for independence, its occupation by Japan during the Second World War, as well as the post-colonial authoritarian regimes of Sukarno and Suharto, and are infused with personal and national history. The Dutch Government imprisoned him from 1947 to 1949, the Suharto regime from 1965 to 1979.
tetapi berbahagialah orang yang kuat menderita segala kesengsaraan untuk keperluan nusa dan bangsa
Pramoedya Ananta Toerbukankah tidak ada yang lebih suci bagi seorang pemuda daripada membela kepentingan bangsanya?
Pramoedya Ananta ToerA mother knows what her child's gone through, even if she didn't see it herself.
Pramoedya Ananta ToerLaut tetap kaya takkan kurang, cuma hati dan budi manusia semakin dangkal dan miskin.
Pramoedya Ananta Toer