Ignatius Franciscus Michael Salim | |
---|---|
Born | Mohammed Ali Abdul Chalid ben Soetan Mohammad Salim 24 November 1902 Sumatra, Dutch East Indies |
Died | 10 March 1985 The Hague, Netherlands |
Occupation(s) | writer, civil servant |
Notable work | Fifteen 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.