Soerjono Papers

Periode 1960-2000
Omvang   0.5 m.
RaadplegingNot restricted

Biografie

Born in Prambanan, Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 1928, died in Amsterdam 2000; journalist; primary education at the Hollandsch-Indische School (HIS); studied at the Cultuurschool, an agricultural secondary school; during the Japanese occupation arrested and sentenced to a nearly two years term for the illegal spread of Menara Merah (Red Tower); one of the founders of Angkatan Muda (Young Generation), from which the Pesindo (Pemuda Sosialis Indonesia; Socialist Youth of Indonesia) has originated; from 1945 journalist of the Pesindo daily Penghela Rakjat and its weekly Revolutioner and from 1948 of the daily Harian Rakjat (later the organ of the Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI)); editor-in-chief of Sport & Film, weekend edition of the Harian Rakjat 1959-1964; posted in China as correspondent for the Harian Rakjat in 1964; left China in 1972 and unable to return to Indonesia without risks, he went to the Soviet Union; came to the Netherlands in 1989 with the help of Dutch friends; wrote his memoirs and worked on books on Soedisman and on Amir Sjarifoedin, which remained unpublished.

Inhoud

Diaries 1968-1969, 1990; letters from his brother Alex S. Soenarjo 1990-1996 and other correspondence 1967, 1977, 1986-2000; financial documents 1965, 1989-1990, 1993, 1997; identity papers and other personal documents 1960-1963, 1987, 1989-1990, 1999 and n.d., including a photocopy of his membership card of Madjelis Permusjawaratan Rakjat Sementara (MPRS); manuscript of his autobiography `Van Moskou zonder liefde, een autobiografie zonder pretentie' c. 1990; typescript of `Soedisman. The Organisator and "the King Maker" that Failed' 1985; manuscripts of a book on Amir Sjarifoedin and of articles 1995 and n.d.; transcriptions of audiotapes of an interview by Kees Princen with Soerjono 1992-1993 and n.d.; report by Sudomo on the PKI and other documentation on Indonesia and Russia 1978, 1988-1996, 1999 and n.d.; printed articles concerning Soerjono 1994, 2000 and n.d.

Bewerking

Lijst gemaakt door Farida Ishaja in 2000