I've seen some comments stating that "history is written by the winners" is a wrong statement and I wanted to ask the sophisticated part of reddit about it.
Is there historical evidence for the "losers" to be banned from writing history?
I would recommend that you read this brilliant post by our very own Tiako on the subject.
The answer is basically: no
I know that short answers are hated here so I will post one example:
I don't see many Vietnamese authors which would be widely read in the West for obvious reasons such as censorship in Vietnam, relative obscurity of Vietnamese in the West. Also, this could be applied to a lot of postcolonial conflicts where the main books are/were written by Western journalists and historians.
Poland at this time was under occupation of Prussia, Austria and Russia (nicknamed in Polish as "zabory"), yet there are Polish historians from this time who wrote about Polish history such as Szymon Askenazy or Joachim Lelewel (another case would be Cracow historical school vs Warsaw historical school but I don't have books nearby).
Extensive parts of the Old Testament are written by, and about, the Hebrews and what happened to them after they were conquered or subjugated by various other countries.