Kanokphong Songsomphan
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Kanokphong Songsomphan (Thai: กนกพงศ์ สงสมพันธุ์, born February 9, 1966 in Khuan Khanun, Phatthalung Province, Thailand, died February 13, 2006 in Nakhon Si Thammarat) was a Thai writer. He was the winner of the S.E.A. Write Award for Thailand in 1996 for his collection of short stories, Phaendin Uen (Another Land).
His other major work was Saphan Khard (The Broken Bridge), which was translated into Japanese.
Kanokphong published his first poem, Khwamjing Thee Pen Pai (The Truth That Is), at age 15 in a local newspaper. By age 18, he was one of the co-founders of the Nakhon Group, a local panel of academics and writers dedicated to conserving culture and literature in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The group evolved into a publishing company.
He attended Prince of Songkla University, studing management science, but dropped out to further develop his writing by travelling in the Luang mountains and learning about the local cultures there.
In February 2006, Kanokphong was admitted to Nakharin Hospital for treatment of influenza. He was discharged but later readmitted, where he succumbed to a severe lung infection.
His name is alternatively transliterated as Kanogpong Songsompuntu.
[edit] References
- The Nation. February 16, 2006. "Seawrite winner succumbs to flu" (retrieved October 10, 2006).
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