Đặng Thai Mai
Đặng Thai Mai (* 1902; † 1984) was a Vietnamese intellectual, teacher and author. He was briefly Minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam .
Life
Đặng Thai Mai was born into a wealthy family of scholars in Nghe Thinh Province. From 1928 to 1930 he worked as a professor at the Collège Quoc Hoc in Huế . Then he went to Hanoi and took a teaching position there. He took part in the founding of the Thanh Long Academy , where he taught many of the country's later political and military leaders, including Pham Van Dong and Vo Nguyen Giap . During the 1930s he promoted debates in the left and socialist spectrum in the popular front press. He also worked as a journalist during World War II and published essays on Vietnamese literature. He joined the DRV as a member of the Democratic Party during the August Revolution and served as Minister of Education from September 1945 to March 1946. After the outbreak of war, he took up a post as a party cadre in Interzone IV . From 1950 he took over the construction of an underground literary college and as director of the education services of the Viet Minh.
His daughter married the general and army chief Vo Nguygen Giap.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Lockhardt, William J. Duiker: Historical Dictionary of Vietnam , Oxford 2006, p. 97
- ↑ a b Christopher E. Goscha: Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War , Copenhagen 2011, p. 127
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Đặng Thai Mai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese intellectual and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1902 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1984 |