I. F. M. Salim

Ignatius Franciscus Michael Salim
Born
Mohammed Ali Abdul Chalid ben Soetan Mohammad Salim

24 November 1902
Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
Died10 March 1985
The Hague, Netherlands
Occupation(s)writer, civil servant
Notable workFifteen Years in Boven Digoel

Ignatius Franciscus Michael Salim (24 November 1902–10 March 1985), born Abdul Chalid Salim, was an Indonesian journalist, communist activist and political prisoner. He was imprisoned without trial by the Dutch in the Boven-Digoel concentration camp from 1928 to 1943. He was the brother of Agus Salim and the cousin of Sutan Sjahrir. His book Fifteen Years in Boven Digoel (Dutch: Vijftien jaar Boven-Digoel: concentratiekamp in Nieuw-Guinea, 1973) was the only Dutch-language book about Digoel ever published by a former prisoner.