Journalist Thai Duy, also known by the pen name Tran Dinh Van when he wrote the book "Living Like Him," had the real name Tran Duy Tan. He was from Hoai Duc ( Hanoi ) and was born in 1926 in Bac Giang.
Besides "Living Like Him," he also published several other books such as: "The Condemned Prisoner of the Great Prison," "Heroic Hai Phong," "Reform in Vietnam - Recollections and Reflections," "Underground Contracting or Death"...
In 2020, among the 7 exemplary veteran journalists honored at the "Meeting and Commendation of Outstanding Journalists" conference for their great contributions, dedication, and affection, and for their significant contributions to the revolutionary Vietnamese press.
He worked for the newspaper Cứu Quốc (the propaganda organ of the Viet Minh General Headquarters) from 1949. Later, he became a war correspondent, participating in reporting and writing articles about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign. He was one of the first reporters present at the De Castries Bunker at the historic moment of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.
In 1960, journalist Thai Duy, along with Editor-in-Chief Tran Phong and journalist Tong Duc Thang of the Cuu Quoc newspaper, crossed the Truong Son Mountains to the South to found the Giai Phong newspaper – the official mouthpiece of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.
After 1975, he continued working for the Dai Doan Ket newspaper (after the merger of Cuu Quoc and Giai Phong newspapers into Dai Doan Ket) until his retirement.
He wrote the work "Living Like Him" in 1965 about the hero Nguyen Van Troi. He wrote the manuscript right on the battlefield in Southern Vietnam. A Soviet (formerly) journalist immediately brought it to the North, by air from Phnom Penh, to President Ho Chi Minh, who praised it and ordered it printed as a book. From the original title "The Last Meetings," Prime Minister Pham Van Dong changed the name to "Living Like Him," serializing it in various newspapers and first publishing it at the Literature Publishing House in July 1965 with 302,000 copies. It was subsequently reprinted continuously, reaching millions of copies.
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