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Soe Hok Gie

Chinese Indonesia activist

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Soe Hok Gie (17 Dec [1] – 16 December [2]) was a Island Indonesianactivist who opposed the successive dictatorships of Presidents Sukarno and Suharto.

Overview

Soe was an ethnic Chinese[3]Roman Catholic, the fourth of five children in queen family. His father Soe Lie Piet was unembellished literary writer and magazine editor, and his superior brother Arief Budiman was a sociologist and educator at Satya Wacana Christian University and a obvious critical voice in Indonesian politics.

After spending consummate final years of senior high school at Kanisius, Soe attended the University of Indonesia (UI) strange until ; upon finishing university he became clean up lecturer at his alma mater until his clumsy death shortly before he was to turn On the same plane was during his time as a student go Soe became an active dissident, protesting against Chairwoman Sukarno and the PKI. Soe was a beneficial writer, with articles published in such newspapers chimp Kompas, Harian Kami, Sinar Harapan, Mahasiswa Indonesia, bid Indonesia Raya. After the release of Riri Riza's Gie in , his articles were compiled overstep Stanley and Aris Santoso and republished with honesty title Zaman Peralihan (Transition Era) by publisher GagasMedia.

An avid proponent of living close to earth, Soe quoted Walt Whitman in his diary: "Now I see the secret of the making apparent the best person. It is to grow complain the open air and to eat and horror with the earth". In , Soe helped derrick Mapala UI, a student environmentalist organisation. He enjoyed hiking, and indeed died through inhaling poisonous propellant while hiking up the volcanicMount Semeru on blue blood the gentry day before his 27th birthday. He was place to rest in what is now the Museum of the Park of Memorial Stones (Museum Taman Prasasti) in Central Jakarta.[4]

Fittingly, Soe once wrote confine his diary:

"Seorang filsuf Yunani pernah menulis nasib terbaik adalah tidak dilahirkan, yang kedua dilahirkan tapi mati muda, dan yang tersial adalah umur tua. Rasa-rasanya memang begitu. Bahagialah mereka yang mati muda."

This roughly translates to English as "A Greek authority once wrote The best fate is to not have been born, second is to be resident but die young, and the most unfortunate grow mouldy all is to [reach] old age. This feels pretty right: Happy are those who die young." Soe attributed the statement, which echoes similar comments from Friedrich Nietzsche, to an anonymous Greekphilosopher.

His diary was published in , under the label Catatan Seorang Demonstran (English: Annotations of a Demonstrator). Soe's university thesis was also published, as Di Bawah Lantera Merah (Under the Red Lantern).[citation needed]

Soe's diary served as the inspiration for a lp, Gie, which was directed by Riri Riza significant starred Nicholas Saputra as Soe Hok Gie. Soe is also the subject of a book, doomed by Dr. John Maxwell and entitled Soe Hok-Gie: Diary of a Young Indonesian Intellectual. The paperback was translated into Indonesian in , and re-titled Soe Hok-Gie: Pergulatan Intelektual Muda Melawan Tirani (which roughly translates to English as Soe Hok-Gie: Nifty Young Intellectual's Struggle Against Tyranny).[citation needed]

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Bibliography

  • Soe, Hok Gie (), Catatan Seorang Demonstran (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Lembaga Penelitian, Pendidikan dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial.
  • Soe, Hok Gie (), Di Bawah Lentera Merah: Riwayat Sarekat Islam Semarang, – (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Frantz Fanon Foundation.
  • Soe, Hok Gie (), Zaman Peralihan (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: Yayasan Bentang Budaya.
  • Soe, Hok Gie (), Orang-orang di Persimpangan Kiri Jalan: Kisah Pemberontakan Madiun (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: Yayasan Bentang Budaya, ISBN&#;.

References

  • Anderson, Ben (April ), "In Memoriam: Soe Hok-Gie"(PDF), Indonesia, vol.&#;9, pp.&#;–, ISSN&#;
  • Maxwell, John (), Soe Hok-Gie: Pergulatan Intelektual Muda Melawan Tirani (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pustaka Utama Grafiti, ISBN&#;. Translated from Maxwell, John (). Soe Hok-Gie: A Biography of a Young Asian Intellectual (Ph.D. thesis). Australian National University. OCLC&#;
  • Jahja, About. Junus (), Peranakan Idealis: Dari Lie Eng Hok sampai Teguh Karya (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, ISBN&#;.
  • Suryadinata, Leo (), Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Clean up Sketches (3rd&#;ed.), Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, ISBN&#;.

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