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  • Even the famous Indonesian writer, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, had to have his works translated into English first before his writing was recognised internationally.

    INTERVIEW: Tunku Halim 2009

  • Gretsch, 24, is a two-time medalist at the U23 time trial world championships, and this year won the prologue at the Ster ZLM Toer.

    Transfer season: Patrick Gretsch to leave HTC for Skil-Shimano 2011

  • The $1,349.00 "Gazelle Toer Populair Gent" Dutch-style fop-conveyor is a "Budget" bicycle!

    Coming to Terms: Reconciliation and Rationalization BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Ultimately, no matter how exquisitely lugged your hand-fabricated road bike or how studiously utilitarian your $1,349.00 "Gazelle Toer Populair Gent" Dutch-style fop-conveyor, it is up to you to propel it forward.

    Coming to Terms: Reconciliation and Rationalization BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Aside, wouldn't it be great if some of the classic or contemporary malay literature is translated and published in English to take its place in world literature, as have Latin American authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or even nearer to us Indonesian 'dissident' writer Pramodeya Ananta Toer?

    Local Authors Outsell The Da Vinci Code! Sharon Bakar 2006

  • It's great to see this part of the world represented by Indonesian Pramoedya Ananta Toer, but my loyalties are seriously divided because Kundera and DeLillo are on the list too! posted by bibliobibuli at 8: 24 AM

    Archive 2005-10-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Toer collected much testimony — from these women and from people who spoke with them both before and after their captivity — which is published in his book.

    Mail Call: America After Bush 2007

  • It's great to see this part of the world represented by Indonesian Pramoedya Ananta Toer, but my loyalties are seriously divided because Kundera and DeLillo are on the list too! posted by bibliobibuli at 8: 24 AM

    Now Accepting Bets For The Nobel Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Never liked books that evolve around revolution, colonialism, freedom-fighting, liberation bla bla bla, which explains I hardly read Toer, Bessie Head nor the great Mahfouz himself (except once for my World Lit class).

    natinski Diary Entry natinski 2003

  • Indonesia's greatest living author, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Megawati Sukarnoputri, leader of the PDI, daughter of Indonesia's founding father, the late Bung

    José Ramos-Horta - Nobel Lecture 1997

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