Naravadee

Naravadee, the pen name of Pensri Kiengsiri (born 1931), is a Thai writer. Her name also appears as Narāwadī.

She was born in Narathiwat Province and studied physiotherapy at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Melbourne University. While working as a physiotherapist, she also began writing. She has published over thirty novels, several collections of short stories and a book of poetry in English Poems from Thailand. She has been president of the Writers' Association of Thailand.[1]

Her novel Fā Klai Thalē Kwāng (The Sea is Wide, The Sky is Near) received a National Book Award in 1995.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 232. ISBN 0415159806.


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