William H. Hinton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam H. Hinton
American writer
Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1919
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 15-May-2004
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William H. Hinton
- William Howard Hinton (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Hán Ding; February 2, 1919 – May 15, 2004) was an American farmer and writer.
- A Marxist, he is best known for his book Fanshen, published in 1966, a "documentary of revolution" which chronicled the land reform program of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the 1940s in Zhangzhuangcun (???, pinyin: Zhangzhuangcun), sometimes translated as Long Bow Village, a village in Shanxi Province in northern China.
- Sequels followed the experience of the village during the 1950s and Cultural Revolution.
- Hinton wrote and lectured extensively to explain the Maoist approach and later to criticize Deng Xiaoping's market reforms.
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