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'''The Incident:''' "Max Lane was sent home from his Australian diplomatic post for translating what has been described as the best, most beautiful novel in the history of modern Indonesian literature. He was recalled from Jakarta September of 1981 for translating what was the bestselling novel of its time until banned by the Indonesian Government (of Suharto)..." (Tom Krausse, "Indonesia's Banned Bestseller", World Press Review, August 1982, pg. 59) | '''The Incident:''' "Max Lane was sent home from his Australian diplomatic post for translating what has been described as the best, most beautiful novel in the history of modern Indonesian literature. He was recalled from Jakarta September of 1981 for translating what was the bestselling novel of its time until banned by the Indonesian Government (of Suharto)..." (Tom Krausse, "Indonesia's Banned Bestseller", World Press Review, August 1982, pg. 59) | ||
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'''Results of Incident:''' Joesoef Isak, one of the publishers of ''This Earth of Mankind'', was jailed in October of 1981 and following his release was forced to report three times a week to the local military. Pramoedya Ananta Toer was imprisoned for the publication and later released, and lived under house arrest from 1980 - 1992, reporting weekly to the military. Max Lane was recalled from Jakarta and began working full time on translating the works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer. | '''Results of Incident:''' Joesoef Isak, one of the publishers of ''This Earth of Mankind'', was jailed in October of 1981 and following his release was forced to report three times a week to the local military. Pramoedya Ananta Toer was imprisoned for the publication and later released, and lived under house arrest from 1980 - 1992, reporting weekly to the military under Suharto. Max Lane was recalled from Jakarta and began working full time on translating the works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer. | ||
'''Source:''' Tom Krausse, "Indonesia's Banned Bestseller", World Press Review, August 1982, pg. 59; NY Times obituary | '''Source:''' Tom Krausse, "Indonesia's Banned Bestseller", World Press Review, August 1982, pg. 59; NY Times obituary | ||