What is Pramoedya Ananta Toer?
{{Infobox writer |name = Pramoedya Ananta Toer |image = Pramudya Ananta Tur Kesusastraan Modern Indonesia p226.jpg |image_size = |caption = Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 1950s |birth_date = {{birth date|1925|2|6|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Blora]], [[Dutch East Indies]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2006|04|30|1925|2|6|df=y}} |death_place = [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]] |occupation = [[Novelist]], [[Essayist]] |residence = |citizenship = [[Indonesia]]n |nationality = [[Indonesia]] |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |notableworks = [[Buru Quartet]] |prizes = |footnotes = |signature = Signature of Pramoedya Ananta Toer.svg }} '''Pramoedya Ananta Toer''' (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006) was an [[Indonesia]]n writer. He wrote [[Novel|novels]], [[Short story|short stories]], [[Essay|essays]], and histories of Indonesia and its people. His writing includes much personal and national history. The Dutch Government put him in [[prison]] him from 1947 to 1949. Later, the [[Suharto]] government sent him to a prison island from 1965 to 1979. Colonial and later [[authoritarian]] governments did not approve of Pramoedya's writings. They often [[censorship|censored]] his writing in Indonesia even though he was well known outside his home country. The Dutch imprisoned him from 1947 to 1949 during the [[Indonesian War of Independence|War of Independence]]. During the [[coup]] when [[Suharto]] gained power, Pramoedya was involved in political fighting. Suharto put him in prison from 1969 to 1979 on the Maluku island called Buru. Suharto called Pramoedya a Communist. Suharto thought Pramoedya was still loyal to the Sukarno government even though Pramoedya had struggled with Sukarno. He created his most famous work, the [[Buru Quartet]], on the prison island. The prison did not allow him to have writing materials, so he told the story aloud to other prisoners. Then it was written down and smuggled out. Pramoedya was against some policies of Indonesia's first