And the Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer has died at the age of 81. A lifelong dissident, Pramoedya spent years in prison under both the Dutch and Suharto regimes. His best known work, the “Buru Quartet” told the story of a young political activist coming of age under Dutch colonial rule. After a US-backed coup, Pramoedya spent 14 years doing hard labor at the Buru Island Penal colony, which he chronicled in his memoir The Mute’s Soliloquy.

• Pramoedya Ananta Toer, interviewed on WBAI by Amy Goodman.