Anna Louise Strong
Anna Louise Strong (24 November, 1885 – 29 Maret, 1970) adalah seorang jurnalis dan aktivis asal Amerika abad ke-20, yang terkenal karena laporan dan dukungannya untuk gerakan Komunisme di Uni Soviet dan Republik Rakyat Tiongkok.[1][2][3][4] Dia menulis lebih dari 30 buku dan beragam artikel.[5]
| Anna Louise Strong | |
|---|---|
 Anna Louise Strong di Moskwa, 1937 | |
| Lahir | 24 November 1885 Friend, Nebraska, Amerika Serikat |
| Meninggal | 29 Maret 1970 (umur 84) Beijing, Tiongkok |
| Almamater | Bryn Mawr College Oberlin College Universitas Chicago |
| Suami/istri | Joel Shubin (1931–1942) |
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Strong lahir tanggal 14 November 1885, di dalam sebuah rumah pendeta yang terdiri dari dua kamar di kota Friend, Nebraska, Amerika Serikat Barat Tengah, dari orang tua kelas menengah yang liberal, aktif di Gereja Kongregasional dan sebagai misionaris.[4][6][7][8][9]
Strong meninggal di sebuah rumah sakit di Peking tanggal 29 Maret 1970, setelah mencabut infusnya dan menolak makan dan minum obat. Sebelum kematiannya, ia dikunjungi oleh beberapa petinggi penting Partai Komunis Tiongkok seperti Guo Moruo dan Perdana Menteri Zhou Enlai yang mendorongnya untuk bekerja sama dengan para dokter di rumah sakit dan mengatakan "Anda memiliki hal-hal penting yang harus dilakukan untuk kami dan seluruh dunia."[4][7][8][9] Pasca kematiannya ada "rasa berkabung dan peringatan di seluruh Tiongkok, Strong dimakamkan di Pemakaman Martir Revolusioner, Beijing.[10][11]
Referensi
sunting- ^ Archives West, "Anna Louise Strong papers, 1885-1971," deriving from this page Diarsipkan 2018-11-16 di Wayback Machine., accessed January 26, 2018. Archived here.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Anna Louise Strong: American journalist and scholar, accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ John Cory, "TV: 'WITNESS TO REVOLUTION,' ANNA LOUISE STRONG, The New York Times, March 22, 1986.
- ^ a b c "Today in history: Anna Louise Strong is born, changes worlds," People's World, November 24, 2015.
- ^ University of Pennsylvania, "Online Books by Anna Louise Strong," accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ Mildred Andrews, "Strong, Anna Louise (1885-1970)," HistoryLink, November 7, 1998.
- ^ a b B. K. Clinker, "Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970)," Knox Historical Society, 2004, accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Reuters, "Anna Louise Strong Dies in Peking at 84," reprinted in The New York Times, March 30, 1970, accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Darren Selter, "Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louise Strong," University of Washington, accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ Find A Grave, Anna Louise Strong memorial, accessed January 26, 2018.
- ^ China Daily, "Anna Louise Strong," September 29, 2010, accessed January 26, 2018.
Further reading
sunting- Cattoi, Louise, "Strong life, strongly written Diarsipkan 2018-10-27 di Wayback Machine.," Milwaukee Journal, February 24, 1984, book review about the life of Anna Louise Strong.
- Herken, Gregg (2002). Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
- Jackson, Rebecca, The Politics of Gender in the Writings of Anna Louise Strong, Seattle General Strike Project, 1999.
- Kim Il-sung (August 8, 1947). Talk to American Journalist Anna Louis [sic] Strong (PDF).[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- Mao Zedong (August 1946). "Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Luise Strong". Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung. IV. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. OCLC 898328894.
- — (July 14, 1956). "U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger". Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung. V. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. OCLC 898328894.
- — (November 18, 1957). "All reactionaries are paper tigers". Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung. V. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. OCLC 898328894.
- Strong, Tracy B.; Keyssar, Helene (1983). Right in Her Soul: the Life of Anna Louise Strong. New York: Random House.