Edgar Snow
American journalist (1905-1972) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 66
Edgar Parks Snow was an American journalist known for his books and articles on communism in China and the Chinese Communist Revolution.
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He was the first Western journalist to give an account of the history of the Chinese Communist Party following the Long March, and he was also the first Western journalist to interview many of its leaders, including Mao Zedong. He is best known for his book Red Star Over China (1937), an account of the Chinese Communist movement from its foundation until the late 1930s.
