Dith Pran

Author:   Othniel Hermes
Publisher:   Bellum Publishing
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9786138289692


Pages:   124
Publication Date:   10 November 2011
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dith Pran was a Cambodian photojournalist best known as a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. He was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields. He was portrayed in the movie by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. Pran was born in Siem Reap, Cambodia, near the Angkor Wat. His father worked as a public-works official. He learned French at school and taught himself English. The U.S. Army hired him as a translator but after his ties with the United States were severed, Pran worked with a British film crew and then as a hotel receptionist. In 1975, Pran and New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg stayed behind in Cambodia to cover the fall of the capital Phnom Penh to the Communist Khmer Rouge. Schanberg and other foreign reporters were allowed to leave the country, but Pran was not

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Author:   Othniel Hermes
Publisher:   Bellum Publishing
Imprint:   Bellum Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.191kg
ISBN:  

9786138289692


ISBN 10:   6138289692
Pages:   124
Publication Date:   10 November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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