Pramoedya Ananta Toer
 Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur) (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006) 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.