Kanokphong Songsomphan (Thai: กนกพงศ์ สงสมพันธุ์, February 9, 1966 in Khuan Khanun, Phatthalung Province, Thailand – 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 name is sometimes transliterated as Kanogpong Songsompuntu.
His other major work was Saphan Khard (The Broken Bridge), which was translat...
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Kanokphong Songsomphan (Thai: กนกพงศ์ สงสมพันธุ์, February 9, 1966 in Khuan Khanun, Phatthalung Province, Thailand – 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 name is sometimes transliterated as Kanogpong Songsompuntu.
His other major work was Saphan Khard (The Broken Bridge), which was translated into Japanese.
Kanokphong completed his primary education at Wat Pikulthong School and his secondary education at Phatthalung School. He 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 published his first short story, Duj Tawan An Joedja (Like the Burning Sun), in...
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