''Catatan Seorang Demonstran'' (

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for ''Annotations of a Demonstrator'') or ''Catatan Harian Seorang Demonstran'' (Indonesian for ''The Diaries of A Demonstrator'') is the

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, published in 1983. This book briefly appeared in a scene of the film ''

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'' and was later made into a movie directed by

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. When the 2005 film about Soe Hok Gie's life (entitled '' Gie'') debuted, this book was republished with

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’s face on the cover, who portrays Soe Hok Gie in the film. It is collected from several diaries and covers the life of Soe Hok Gie from around the end of his childhood until several days before his death at the age of 26 in 1969. The book is notable for its first hand account of the Indonesian political turmoil in the 1960s, at the end of President

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's era leading to the birth of the '' Orde Baru'' (New Order) under General

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diary of A Demonstrator 1983 non-fiction books Books about politics of Indonesia Books about activists Diaries