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February 17, 2010

Jakarta Globe - February 17, 2010

Marcel Thee – Bombers are decorating Jakarta. Not with explosives, but with cans of spray paint. And lots of it.

January 27, 2010

The Australian - January 27, 2010

Bernard Lane – Max Lane is multiplying. There was a young Australian diplomat by that name, posted to Jakarta in 1980.

December 27, 2009

Jakarta Post - December 27, 2009

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The Reform Era that began in 1998 not only resulted in the changing face of government and society, but also swept in fresh air and fresh voices in literature.

September 1, 2009

Direct Action - September, 2009

Max Lane – On August 6, Wahyu Sulaiman Rendra, Indonesia's greatest dramatist and most influential poet, died in Jakarta, aged 74.

July 1, 2009

Direct Action - July 2009

Max Lane – Rallies and other public shows of support have remained weak for the three candidates and their running mates in the weeks leading up to the July 8 Indonesian presidential el

November 22, 2008

Canberra Times - November 22, 2008

Angie Bexley - "Gembel" is an Indonesian word meaning homeless person, bum or vagrant.

November 10, 2008

Sydney Morning Herald - November 10, 2008

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Trouble appears to be brewing in East Timor again as security forces step up roadblocks and increase security around government buildings.

August 12, 2007

Jakarta Post - August 12, 2007

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – After being performed in eight cities in Java, Kalimantan and Sumatra, a play titled Nyai Ontosoroh will be staged for Jakartans at the Taman Ismail Marzuki ar

July 2, 2007

Pembebasan Discussion List - July 2, 2007

"Literary history must be won back. Culture as a priority for the people must be won back.

April 13, 2007

Jakarta Post - April 13, 2007

Bandarlampung – Teater Satu, a leading theater group in Lampung, will stage from April 13-14 Nyai Ontosoroh by the late senior writer and novelist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, at the Taman B

March 25, 2007

October 1, 2006

Jakarta Post - October 1, 2006

Kadek Krishna Adidharma, Ubud – Despite the lateness of the hour for the sleepy artisan town of Ubud, a star-studded cast began to gather at 8:30 p.m.

February 12, 2006

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2006

A. Junaidi – The 81st birthday of internationally acclaimed writer and multiple Nobel Prize nominee Pramoedya Ananta Toer was celebrated with zest and spirit on Feb. 6.

December 18, 2005

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2005

A. Junaidi – Acehnese writer Riati M.K.

September 30, 2005

April 21, 2005

Jakarta Post - April 21, 2005

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The All-Bali Theater Festival at the island's arts center in late April promises to provoke thought on the roles that women play in a traditionally patriar

March 25, 2005

Max Lane - March 25, 2005

On March 24-28, Sydney will host one of the most significant gatherings of left-wing leaders from Asia and the Pacific in some years.

May 27, 2004

Jakarta Post - May 27, 2004

Jakarta – Revered Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 79, won the Norwegian Authors' Union award for his contribution to world literature and his continuous struggle for the right

March 17, 2004

Reuters - March 17, 2004

Dean Yates, Bojong Gede – Indonesia's most famous novelist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, nearly totters over from age and illness.

March 10, 2004

Laksamana.Net - March 10, 2004

Indonesia's most celebrated literary figure Pramoedya Ananta Toer, now suffering declining health, is pessimistic about Indonesia's future due to the country's "lack of good leaders".

May 15, 2003

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2003

Jakarta – More than a thousand people staged a rally on Tuesday at television stations SCTV and Trans TV on Jl.

May 10, 2003

Asia Times - May 10, 2003

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Some of the most contentious issues across Indonesia involve ngebor, drilling.

May 1, 2003

BBC News - May 1, 2003

Becky Lipscombe, Jakarta – Indonesians have a new idol – a hip-swinging singer who's gyrated her way into fame, fortune, and a whole lot of trouble.

April 22, 2003

Radio Australia - April 22, 2003

Indonesian music sensation Inul Daratista is getting complaints from muslim clerics.

May 21, 2002

Jakarta Post - May 21, 2002

Tangerang – Some 75 artists from the Tangerang Arts Council staged a rally at the municipal administration office on Monday to demand the administration provide them a space to put on e

May 7, 2001

Australian Financial Review - May 7, 2001

Tim Dodd, Jakarta – For more than 30 years until Soeharto's fall in 1998, the writings of Indonesia's pre-eminent novelist and political prisoner, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, were banned in

August 7, 2000

Straits Times - August 7, 2000

Well-known Toko Buku Wali Songo, a bookstore on Jalan Kwitang in central Jakarta, is piled to the ceiling with religious books.

May 25, 2000

Agence France Presse - May 25, 2000

Jakarta – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's best-known author, is to be honoured by France for his services to literature.

May 24, 2000

Green Left Weekly - May 24, 2000

Revitriyoso Husodo and Sri Wahyuningsih of the People's Cultural Network (JAKER) in Indonesia spoke to Green Left Weekly's Julia Perkins during her recent visit there.

May 2, 2000

Agence France Presse - May 2, 2000

Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Tuesday visited Pramoedya Ananta Toer, the country's greatest modern writer whose works remain officially banned here.

March 13, 2000

Agence France Presse - March 13, 2000

Jakarta – The complete works of Indonesia's best known author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, banned in his own country for four decades, are to be published in their entirety for the first tim

June 27, 1999

Straits Times - June 27, 1999

With The Mute's Soliloquy, an account of suffering under Suharto's oppression, Pramoedya Ananta Toer has been hailed as Indonesia's Solzhenitsyn. Zuraidah Ibrahim reports

April 30, 1999

Wall Street Journal - April 30, 1999

Elizabeth Bukowski – Pramoedya Ananta Toer may have lost more than a decade of his life to the forced labor camp on Indonesia's Buru Island.

March 15, 1999

Agence France Presse - March 15, 1999

Jakarta – Leftist author Pramudya Ananta Toer hailed by international critics as Indonesia's leading modern novelist but gagged here until the fall of Suharto, is travel abroad for the

April 20, 1998

Time - April 20, 1998

Terry Mccarthy, Jakarta – Pramoedya Ananta Toer was perhaps the only writer in Indonesia who got the joke.