Deng Tuo
Chinese writer and intellectual
Deng Tuo (Chinese: 邓拓; pinyin: Dènɡ Tuò; c. 1911 – 17 May 1966), also known by the pen name Ma Nancun (Chinese: 马南邨; pinyin: Mǎ Náncūn), 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.
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