This article is a short biography of him with a focus on his altruism, its seed, its growth and its fruit. He was laureates of several prestigious international and national award, including Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1992 for his work in Kampung Tchodé (a spontaneous settlement on the riverbank Tchodé in Yogyakarta, Indonesia), South-East Asia Write Award in 1983 for his novel Burung-burung Manyar (the Weaverbirds). As social activist, he involved in community development among the marginalised people in Indonesia. As educator, he was lecturer at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and founder of a research centre for elementary education. As writer, he wrote a great number of articles and novels. As architect, he designed a great number of buildings. MANGUNWIJAYA (1929-1999), known as Romo Mangun, was an Indonesian catholic priest, architect, writer, educator, activist of social and solidarity movement.
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