independence day

1. H OW T O P RO N O U N C E I T ? ? ?
( P R A H - M O U - D I A A H - N A H N - TA T O U R )
PRAMOEDYA
ANANTA TOER
Indonesian novelist

2. • Born in Blora, in central Java,
• On February 6, 1925, when Indonesia was still a colony of the
Netherlands
• Passed away on April 30, 2006 at age 81
• He was the first child among 9 siblings
• His father was a teacher, active in Boedi Oetomo (the first
recognized indigenous national organization in Indonesia)
• His mother was a rice trader
• Father’s real name: MASTOER
-Pramoedya name was originally Pramoedya Ananta
Mastoer.
- Felt that the family name Mastoer (his father's name)
seemed too aristocratic
-Javanese prefix "Mas" refers to a man of the higher rank in a
noble family.
-Consequently he omitted "Mas" and kept Toer as his family
name.
-His father was a charismatic independence campaigner, "a
lion at the rostrum,"
• Former spouse : ARFAH ILJAS
• Spouse: MAEMUNAH THAMRIN

3. • Barely graduated from the school when Japan invaded
Surabaya (1942).
• Worked as a typist for a Japanese newspaper in Jakarta
• Joined a paramilitary group in Karawang, Kranji (West Java)
and eventually was stationed in Jakarta
• Wrote short stories and books, as well as propaganda for the
Nationalist cause
• He was eventually imprisoned by the Dutch in Bukit Duri
,Jakarta in 1947 until 1949, the year the Netherlands
recognized Indonesian independence.
• While imprisoned in Bukit Duri from 1947 to 1949 for his role in
the Indonesian Revolution, he wrote his first major novel The
Fugitive.
• Published in 1950, it was set during the last days of Japan's
occupation of Indonesia in World War II.

4. • Completed his elementary education at the IBO
• Taking ten years to complete a 7-year elementary
school course
• Further his education in Europe and other countries.
• Pramoedya also went to Radio Vakschool 1940, where
he was trained to be a Radio Operator, barely
graduated from the school when Japan invaded
Surabaya (1942).
• After finished studies in 1941, he was drafted into the
radiotelegraph division of the civil defense after the
Netherlands and its colonies entered into World War II.
• He visited the United States in 1999 and received an
honorary doctoral degree from the University of
Michigan.

7. THANK YOU
PRESENTED BY:
CHANG YUN XUN
KHAIRUNNISA HANISAH
WAN FATIN ADLINA
NUR MAHIRAH AMANI
SYAZWANI IZZATI