Sukanya Cholasuek (Thai: สุกัญญา ชลศึกษ์, born 1931),[a] writing under the pen name Krisna Asoksin,[b] is a Thai novelist. She has written about 150 novels and many other short stories. Her 1980 novel Poon Pid Thong (ปูนปิดทอง) won the S.E.A. Write Award in 1985, and she was named National Artist in literature in 1988. Most of her early work has been described as "domestic drama", while her more recent output has taken on social and political themes.[1][2][3] Many of her novels have been adapted as well-known Thai television soap operas, each with multiple remakes, including Namphueng Khom, Mia Luang and Sawan Biang.[4]
Krisna Asoksin | |
|---|---|
กฤษณา อโศกสิน | |
| Born | Sukanya Cholasuek (สุกัญญา ชลศึกษ์) 1931 |
| Citizenship | Thailand |
| Occupation | Thai novelist |
Bibliography edit
- Klin fāng, 1993
- Pūn pit thō̜ng , 1982 (translated as Poon Pid Thong: Gold-pasted Cement, 2014)
- Mīa lūang, 1969
- Rāk kǣo, 1971
- Bān khonnok, 1979
- Butsabok baimāi, 1982
- Sīang nok čhāk phrāk, 1986
- Thān kao fai mai, 1989
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References edit
- ^ "The mistress of domestic drama". Bangkok Post. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "A writer in the eye of the storm". Elite Plus. June–July 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ Miller, Jane Eldridge, ed. (2019). Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Routledge. ISBN 9781136214301.
- ^ "You just never tire of a really good story". The Nation. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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