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Academic Chaiwat dies at 69
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/06/2024
» Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a noted political scientist and thinker behind a solution to the strife in the far South, died on Thursday. He was 69.
Dissidents are Thai too
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/03/2022
» The recent death of the Sriburapha Award-winning author Wat Wallayangkoon, who passed away on Monday at the age of 67 in France, is not only a loss for Thailand's literary scene. His life also reflected the struggles and threats that political dissidents living in exile must endure.
Author Wat Wallayangkoon dead at 67
News, Published on 23/03/2022
» The Sriburapha-award-winning author Wat Wallayangkoon has passed away at 67 in France.
Writer Sanee Saowapong dies
Online Reporters, Published on 29/11/2014
» National artist and writer Sanee Saowapong died on Saturday of natural causes at Bangkok Hospital. He was 96.
Revisiting truth and integrity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/08/2014
» At the ending of the 1937 novel Khang Lang Phap (Behind The Painting), author Kularb Saipradit, also known as Sri Burapha, wrote: “I die without the one who loves me, but my heart is fulfilled that there’s someone whom I love.”
Texts well-travelled
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/07/2014
» Theeraparb Lohitkun is a non-fiction writer, respected photographer and the recipient of last year’s Sriburapha Award, which recognises artists in the literary field. When he travels, he packs trip-related reading materials, such as maps, guidebooks and academic texts about the history and culture of his destination.
The death of the traditional travelogue
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/07/2014
» When travel writer Pimpida Kanjanavathang returned from Oman in 2010, she wanted to write a travelogue about her adventures in the relatively unknown Arab state.
The wordy wife
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/05/2014
» If you know the name “Sidaoruang”, you might already be reaching middle age. If you are younger or non-Thai, knowing the name probably means you are passionate about local literature, especially Wannakam Puea Chevit (Literature For Life), a genre of Thai books conceived in the 1970s that addresses the plight of farmers, social injustice and class struggle in Thai society.
Law cannot force people to love each other
News, Kamol Hengkietisak, Published on 21/04/2012
» Reconciliation is a good thing. Nobody disputes that. However, it is debatable whether it is a good thing when politicians of the ruling party attempt to introduce an amnesty bill claiming national reconciliation as justification, wrote Mr Somphol Trakulrung, a legal academic in Post Today.