About the Author

Pramoedya Ananta Toer was born on the island of Java in 1925. He was imprisoned first by the Dutch from 1947 to 1949 for his role in the Indonesian revolution, then by the Indonesian government as a political prisoner. Many of his works have been written while in prison, including the BURU QUARTET. Pramoedya is the author of over thirty works of fiction and non-fiction and is heavily tipped to win the Nobel Prize.