에드거 스노

소개

에드거 스노(Edgar Snow, 1905년 7월 17일 ~ 1972년 2월 15일)는 미국의 저널리스트이다. 그는 특히 서방 기자로는 최초로 중국공산당의 본부가 있던 산시성 바오안(保安, 현재의 옌안시 즈단현)을 방문 취재하여 저서 《중국의 붉은 별》(Red Star Over China)를 출판(1937년), 서방에 마오쩌둥이 알려지는 데 큰 역할을 했다.

Edgar Parks Snow was an American journalist known for his books and articles on communism in China and the Chinese Communist Revolution. 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.