Soe Hok Gie
Soe Hok Gie | |
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| 史福義 | |
 Soe at a rally on Mount Pangrango (1967) | |
| Born | 17 December 1942 |
| Died | 16 December 1969 (aged 26) |
| Resting place | Jakarta, Indonesia 6°10′19″S 106°49′09″E / 6.17203°S 106.819037°E |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Alma mater | University of Indonesia |
| Notable work | Catatan Seorang Demonstran |
| Parent | Salam Sutrawan (Soe Lie-Piet) (father) & Nio Hoey-An (mother) |
| Relatives | Arief Budiman (Soe Hok-Djin) (brother) |
| Soe Hok Gie | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Shǐ Fúyì |
| Wade–Giles | Shi Fu-i |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Sú Hok-Gī |
Soe Hok Gie (17 December 1942
Overview
Soe was an
After spending his final years of senior
An avid proponent of living close to nature, Soe quoted Walt Whitman in his diary: "Now I see the secret of the making of the best person. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth". In 1965, Soe helped found Mapala UI, a student environmentalist organisation. He enjoyed hiking, and indeed died through inhaling poisonous gas while hiking up the volcanic Mount Semeru on the day before his 27th birthday. He was laid 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 in 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
His diary was published in 1983, under the title
Soe's diary served as the inspiration for a 2005 film, Gie, which was directed by Riri Riza and starred Nicholas Saputra as Soe Hok Gie. Soe is also the subject of a 1997 book, written by Dr. John Maxwell and entitled Soe Hok-Gie: Diary of a Young Indonesian Intellectual. The book was translated into Indonesian in 2001, and re-titled Soe Hok-Gie: Pergulatan Intelektual Muda Melawan Tirani (which roughly translates to English as Soe Hok-Gie: A Young Intellectual's Struggle Against Tyranny).[citation needed]
See also
- Gie, a 2005 film based on his life
- List of Chinese Indonesians
Notes
- ^ Jahja 2002, p. 167
- ^ Jahja 2002, p. 168
- ^ Anderson 1970, p. 225
- ^ Messakh, Matheos Viktor (10 September 2008). "Dutch cemetery rich with Jakarta history". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
Bibliography
- Soe, Hok Gie (1983), Catatan Seorang Demonstran (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Lembaga Penelitian, Pendidikan dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial.
- Soe, Hok Gie (1990), Di Bawah Lentera Merah: Riwayat Sarekat Islam Semarang, 1917–1920 (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Frantz Fanon Foundation.
- Soe, Hok Gie (1995), Zaman Peralihan (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: Yayasan Bentang Budaya.
- Soe, Hok Gie (1997), Orang-orang di Persimpangan Kiri Jalan: Kisah Pemberontakan Madiun 1948 (in Indonesian), Yogyakarta: Yayasan Bentang Budaya, ISBN 978-979-8793-31-8.
References
- ISSN 0019-7289.
- Maxwell, John (2001), Soe Hok-Gie: Pergulatan Intelektual Muda Melawan Tirani (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pustaka Utama Grafiti, OCLC 223012031.
- Jahja, H. Junus (2002), Peranakan Idealis: Dari Lie Eng Hok sampai Teguh Karya (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, ISBN 978-979-9023-84-1.
- Suryadinata, Leo (1995), Prominent Indonesian Chinese: Biographical Sketches (3rd ed.), Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, ISBN 978-981-3055-04-9.
External links
- (in Indonesian) Mapala UI
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