Tatang Guritno, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Musician Baskara Putra has revealed the reasons behind the making of a song in collaboration with Maria Sumarsih, the mother of the Benardinus Realino Norma Irawan, or Wawan as he was known by friends, a s

Dika Moehammad – "In our lives, there is only one thing we have, that is courage. If we don't have that, then what is the value of our lives?" This was a statement by Indonesia's foremost author Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The problem of courage or guts is what we don't have today.

Iwan Kurniawan – Maxwell Ronald Lane is still very active and gutsy at the age of 74. A researcher at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, he is known as the translator of the works of Indonesia's foremost author Pramoedya Ananta Toer and other books he has written about Indonesia.

The polemic about writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer has only wasted energy. Now is the time to respect him in a place that is fitting.

Hilmar Farid – History, literature, and imagination come together in the life and works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer. He not only wrote literature, but also explored history and used words to revive the past that was deliberately deleted.

Mulyono Sri Hutomo – The Campus Employees Union (SPK) took part in commemorating 100 years of Pramoedya Ananta Toer at an event titled A Century of Pramoedya Ananta Toer at the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts and culture centre in Jakarta on Saturday Fe

M Iqbal Shukri, Blora – A plan by the Blora regency government (Pemkab) in Central Java to immortalise Indonesian literary writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer by naming a street after him has been rejected by the social organisation (ormas)

Every nation has its own literary treasures in its national language. The entirety of national literature, along with other artistic works, contains and reflects the history of the development of a nation's national personality and the battles that occurred in that history.

The momentum of commemorating the 100th anniversary of Pramoedya Ananta Toer today, February 6, 2025, must be a momentum to ensure that the state no longer imprisons citizens simply for producing works or speaking out peacefully as Pram once experienced.

Jakarta – Nine organizations will commemorate a century of Pramoedya Ananta Toer at the Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts and cultural centre in Jakarta on Saturday February 8.