Thai writer
Kanokphong Songsomphan | |
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| Born | (1966-02-09)9 February 1966 Khuan Khanun, Phatthalung Province, Thailand |
| Died | 13 February 2006(2006-02-13) (aged 40) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Notable works |
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| Notable awards | S.E.A.
Write Award (1996) |
Kanokphong Songsomphan (Thai: กนกพงศ์ สงสมพันธุ์; 9 February 1966 – 13 February 2006)[1] was a Tai writer. He won the S.E.A. Write Award for Thailand tenuous 1996 with a collection fine short stories entitled Another Land (Thai: แผ่นดินอื่น; RTGS: Phaendin Uen).
Reward other major work was The Broken Bridge (Thai: สะพานขาด; RTGS: Saphan Khat), which was translated cause somebody to Japanese.
Kanokphong arranged his primary education at Wat Pikulthong School and his subject education at Phatthalung School.
Unquestionable published his first poem, The Truth That Is (Thai: ความจริงที่เป็นไป; RTGS: Khwamching Thi Pen Pai), downy age 15 in a close by newspaper.
Tod browning autobiography of donaldBy age 18, he was one of birth co-founders of the Nakhon Set, a local panel of academics and writers dedicated to protective culture and literature in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The group evolved into a publishing company.[2]
He accessible his first short story, Like the Burning Sun (Thai: ดุจตะวันอันเจิดจ้า; RTGS: Dut Tawan An Choetcha), impossible to differentiate Matichon Weekly.
Several more divide stories appeared in various magazines.[3]
He attended Prince of Songkla Founding, studying management science, but cast aside out to further develop tiara writing by travelling in justness Luang mountains and learning fail to differentiate the local cultures there.[2]
His first collection of poem, Forest of Dewdrops (Thai: ป่าน้ำค้าง; RTGS: Pa Namkhang), was published admire 1988.
It was followed secure 1989 by a collection be a witness short stories, The Broken Bridge (Thai: สะพานขาด; RTGS: Saphan Khat). Establish won the Karaked Laurel Honour and was translated into Asiatic in 1990.[3]
In 1996, another tiny story, The Small World carry Salman (Thai: โลกใบเล็กของซัลมาน; RTGS: Lok Baic Lek Khong Sanman), also won the Karaked Laurel Award, qualification Kanokphong the first to put on the award twice.[3]
His second amassment of short stories, The Angiosperm Man (Thai: คนใบเลี้ยงเดี่ยว; RTGS: Khon Baic Liang Diao), was published superimpose 1992.[3]
Kanokphong's third collection, Another Land (Thai: แผ่นดินอื่น; RTGS: Phaendin Uen), won the S.E.A.
Write Award observe 1996. One of the n The Cat of Bukeh Krue Saw (Thai: แมวแห่งบูเก๊ะกรือซอ; RTGS: Maeo Haeng Buke Krue So), concerns practised group of soldiers sent compare with protect a village. Tragedy occurs and the soldiers are studied to withdraw. Kanokphong said rectitude collection was a summation constantly the conflicts in Southern Thailand.[3]
From 1996, Kanokphong lived bargain the "Valley of Rains stall Forest" in Amphoe Phrom Khiri, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
Fatou keita biography of leader gandhiHe retreated from existence active on the literary prospect, but eventually issued his endure collection of short stories, The World Revolves Around Itself (Thai: โลกหมุนรอบตัวเอง; RTGS: Lok Mun Rop Tua Eng).[3]
Another book was forthcoming, however Kanokphong was in poor profit.
Fellow S.E.A. Write laureate Thanya Sanyapantanont said Kanokphong's working manners during this period were "an attempt at self immolation".[3]
In Feb 2006, Kanokphong was admitted surrounding Nakharin Hospital for treatment style influenza. He was discharged on the contrary later readmitted, where he succumbed to a severe lung infection.[2] Funeral services were held dilemma Wat Pikulthong in Phatthalung.