Trần Dần

Trần Dần (1926–1997) was a Vietnamese poet and novelist noted for his radical works.

Dần was best known to be one of the active participators in the Nhân Văn–Giai Phẩm affair in the mid-1950s which saw many middle class intellectuals demanding for freedom and democracy in communist-led North Vietnam.

Born in Nam Định, he joined the Vietnamese Communist resistance against the French domination in 1946, but by 1953 he had fallen out with the party.

[1] In 1956, he was jailed for months in Hỏa Lò Prison also known as the Hanoi Hilton, where he tried to commit suicide.

[3] News of the book banning caused concerns among many intellectuals in Vietnam; and 134 leading intellectuals specializing in literature had signed a petition requesting that the government reconsider and repeal its decision to ban the book.