Tran Van Dan
Trần Văn Dần (born August 23, 1926 , † January 17, 1997 , often Tran Dan) was a Vietnamese writer. He was expelled from the Communist Party of Vietnam because of his realistic portrayal of the Indochina War .
Life
Tran Van Dan was born in 1926 to a wealthy family in Nam Dinh Province. In 1946 Tran Van Dan brought out the symbolist volume of poems Hell ( Dia nguc ) together with other authors . With the beginning of the fighting of the Indochina War , Tran Van Dan joined the Việt Minh and put his artistic activity in the service of the Communist Party; In 1948 he formally joined the Communist Party. Tran Van Dan was valued in the organization for his originality, but was considered politically unreliable. In late 1953 he volunteered for the Battle of Dien Bien Phu . His book about the battle man for man, wave for wave ( Nguoi Nguio Lop Lop ) tries to give a realistic representation of the events from the perspective of the soldiers of the Việt Minh. The book was published in April 1955, but it sparked a scandal that resulted in Tran Van Dan's expulsion from the party. He was later arrested for alleged anti-party activities. His works did not become accessible again until the 1980s.
In 2007 he was posthumously honored with a Vietnamese State Prize. One of his books of poetry was published in 2008, but the sale was stopped by the authorities after a few copies.
His son Trần Trọng Vũ works as a painter.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher E. Goscha : Historical Dictionary of the Indochina War (1945-1954) - An International and Interdisciplinary Approach. Copenhagen 2011, pp. 452f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tran Van Dan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tran Dan; Trần Văn Dần |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vietnamese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1926 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1997 |