1925 - 2006
Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram, was an Indonesian novelist and writer. His works span the colonial period under Dutch rule, Indonesia's struggle for independence, its occupation by Japan during the Second World War, as well as the post-colonial authoritarian regimes of Sukarno and Suharto, and are infused with personal and national history. Pramoedya's writings sometimes fell out of favour with the colonial and later the authoritarian native governments in power. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pramoedya Ananta Toer has received more than 379,648 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Pramoedya Ananta Toer is the 1,681st most popular writer (down from 1,669th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Indonesia and the most popular Indonesian Writer.
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Among writers, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 1,681 out of 5,755. Before him are Maria Gripe, Acusilaus, Alexander Polyhistor, Marin Držić, Camilla Läckberg, and Langston Hughes. After him are Edmond François Valentin About, José de Espronceda, Ibn al-Khatib, Dominique Venner, Juan Goytisolo, and Augusto Roa Bastos.
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,675
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,676
100 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,677
1508 - 1567
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,678
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,679
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,680
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,681
1828 - 1885
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,682
1808 - 1842
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,683
1313 - 1374
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,684
1935 - 2013
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,685
1931 - 2017
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,686
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 1,687
Among people born in 1925, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 111. Before him are Alexander Shulgin, Donald O'Connor, Aliya Moldagulova, Serge Moscovici, David Elazar, and Tofiq Bahramov. After him are Luciano Leggio, Masanori Tokita, Warren Christopher, John Guillermin, Pavel Belyayev, and Brian Aldiss. Among people deceased in 2006, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 86. Before him are Telê Santana, Sven Nykvist, Peter Benchley, Jane Jacobs, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Jack Warden. After him are Walerian Borowczyk, Robert Plutchik, Peter Norman, Prince George William of Hanover, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, and Igor Sergeyev.
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 105
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 106
1925 - 1944
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 107
1925 - 2014
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 108
1925 - 1976
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 109
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 110
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 111
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 112
1925 - 2004
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 113
1925 - 2011
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 114
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 115
1925 - 1970
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 116
1925 - 2017
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 117
1931 - 2006
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 80
1922 - 2006
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 81
1940 - 2006
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 82
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 83
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 84
1920 - 2006
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 85
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 86
1923 - 2006
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 87
1927 - 2006
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 88
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 89
1915 - 2006
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 90
1914 - 2006
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 91
1938 - 2006
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 92
Among people born in Indonesia, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 17 out of 126. Before him are Mohammad Hatta (1902), Dharmakirti (700), Jan Toorop (1858), Laura Gemser (1950), Anggun (1972), and Diponegoro (1785). After him are Kartini (1879), George Uhlenbeck (1900), Hendrik Brouwer (1581), Lil Dagover (1887), Enrique of Malacca (1495), and Jusuf Kalla (1942).
1902 - 1980
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 11
700 - 660
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 12
1858 - 1928
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 13
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 14
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 15
1785 - 1855
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 16
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 17
1879 - 1904
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 18
1900 - 1988
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 19
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 20
1887 - 1980
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 21
1495 - 1600
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 22
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 23
Among writers born in Indonesia, Pramoedya Ananta Toer ranks 1. After him are Hella Haasse (1918), Amir Hamzah (1911), Chairil Anwar (1922), Abdul Muis (1883), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Sapardi Djoko Damono (1940), Ayu Utami (1968), and Eka Kurniawan (1975).
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1
1918 - 2011
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 2
1911 - 1946
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 3
1922 - 1949
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 4
1883 - 1959
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 5
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 6
1922 - 2004
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 7
1940 - 2020
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 33.95
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 32.36
Rank: 10