Deng Tuo

Summary

Deng Tuo (Chinese: 邓拓; c. 1911 – 17 May 1966), also known by the pen name Ma Nancun (Chinese: 马南邨), was a Chinese poet, intellectual and journalist. He became a cadre of the Chinese Communist Party and served as editor-in-chief of the People's Daily from 1948 to 1958. He committed suicide in 1966 following scathing criticism in the People's Daily, as the Cultural Revolution was beginning.[1]: 27, 283 

Bibliography edit

  • Timothy Cheek, Propaganda and Culture in Mao's China: Deng Tuo and the Intelligentsia, Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN 978-0-19-829066-7
  • Roderick MacFarquhar: The origins of the cultural revolution, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-214997-0

References edit

  1. ^ Cheek, Timothy (1997-12-18). Propaganda and Culture in Mao's China. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198290667.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-829066-7.