Joesoef Isak

Male, Deceased Person

1928 – 2009

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Who was Joesoef Isak?

Joesoef Isak was 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.

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Born
Jul 15, 1928
Indonesia
Died
Aug 15, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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