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    Joesoef Isak

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    Born Jakarta (Jul 15, 1928) Died Jakarta (Aug 15, 2009)
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    An Indonesian publisher, translator, and left-wing intellectual. He was an advocate of free speech during President Suharto’s authoritarian New Order administration and was imprisoned from 1967 to 1977 without trial. In 1980, he helped found and direct the publishing house Hasta Mitra, publisher of Pramoedya A. Toer’s Buru Quartet. In 2005, Isak was the inaugural recipient of the Australian PEN Keneally Award for his work.



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    Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the Buru Quartet: ‘At least I’ve told these stories to you’

    Australian Book Review / All Things Books
    Mar 09, 2024

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the Buru Quartet: ‘At least I’ve told these stories to you’

    ‘Indonesia Out of Exile’: Imagination and liberation

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    Jun 29, 2023

    ‘Indonesia Out of Exile’: Imagination and liberation

    Obituary of Joesoef Isak

    TAPOL / What Media Says
    Aug 28, 2009

    Obituary of Joesoef Isak

    On Joesoef Isak

    Indonesia Southeast Asia And International Affairs, USYD / What Media Says
    Sep 14, 2006

    On Joesoef Isak

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    Green Left Weekly / What Media Says
    Apr 20, 2005

    Joesoef Isak wins PEN Australia award

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