![]() ![]() He was laid to rest in what is now the Museum of the Park of Memorial Stones ( Museum Taman Prasasti) in Central Jakarta. He enjoyed hiking, and indeed died through inhaling poisonous gas while hiking up the volcanic Mount Semeru on the day before his 27th birthday. In 1965, Soe helped found Mapala UI, a student environmentalist organisation. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth". After the release of Riri Riza's Gie in 2005, his articles were compiled by Stanley and Aris Santoso and republished with the title Zaman Peralihan ( Transition Era) by publisher GagasMedia.Īn 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. Soe was a productive writer, with articles published in such newspapers as Kompas, Harian Kami, Sinar Harapan, Mahasiswa Indonesia, and Indonesia Raya. It was during his time as a student that Soe became an active dissident, protesting against President Sukarno and the PKI. Soe was an ethnic Chinese Roman Catholic, the fourth of five children in his family his elder brother Arief Budiman, a sociologist and lecturer at Satya Wacana Christian University, was also quite a vocal critical voice in Indonesian politics.Īfter spending his final years of senior high school at Kanisius, Soe attended the University of Indonesia (UI) from 1962 until 1969 upon finishing university he became a lecturer at his alma mater until his death. ![]()
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