Saneh Sangsuk
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Saneh Sangsuk is an award-winning Thai
author who wrote White Shadow (Thai: เงาสีขาว) (2001) and the short story Venom (Thai: อสรพิษ) (2001). In 2008, he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
(Order of Arts and Letters) Medal from the French Ministry of Culture for his remarkable contributions to literature. His works have been translated into seven different languages including English, German, French and Spanish. His book White Shadow is considered one of the best 20 novels in Thailand. Currently, he lives in Phetchaburi
, Thailand
, and uses the pen name Dan-arun Saengthong (Thai: แดนอรัญ แสงทอง) in his published work.
, Rabindranath Tagore
, Juan Ramón Jiménez
, Franz Kafka
, and James Joyce
. Sangsuk cites Ulysses
as one of the main reasons he was inspired to write.
His first published work was Funeral Song (Thai: เพลงศพ) which appeared in a local weekly. Since then, he has had many of his work published. He was recognized and awarded a notable short story prize by a local publisher for his short story Desolate Field (Thai: ทุ่งร้าง).
In between jobs and during free time, he started writing White Shadow. The work was first published in 1986. The work had little impact for the Thai audience. However, it was well-received by the international audience. Eventually, the book was translated into seven different languages. His books are available worldwide, particularly in Europe.
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
author who wrote White Shadow (Thai: เงาสีขาว) (2001) and the short story Venom (Thai: อสรพิษ) (2001). In 2008, he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...
(Order of Arts and Letters) Medal from the French Ministry of Culture for his remarkable contributions to literature. His works have been translated into seven different languages including English, German, French and Spanish. His book White Shadow is considered one of the best 20 novels in Thailand. Currently, he lives in Phetchaburi
Phetchaburi
Phetchaburi , also known as Phetburi, is a town in central Thailand, capital of the Phetchaburi Province. In Thai, Phetchaburi means city of diamonds . It is approximately 160km south of Bangkok, at the northern end of the Thai Peninsula...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, and uses the pen name Dan-arun Saengthong (Thai: แดนอรัญ แสงทอง) in his published work.
Career
Born in 1957, he majored in English as a college student. In addition to writing, Sangsuk has had several jobs in his career. At one time, he worked for USAID (The United States Agency for National Development). He also worked in advertising and was a translator for a Thai publisher.Writing
Sangsuk started writing short stories in college. He was inspired by both Thai and international authors including Oscar WildeOscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
, Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
, Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...
, Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
, and James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
. Sangsuk cites Ulysses
Ulysses (novel)
Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,...
as one of the main reasons he was inspired to write.
His first published work was Funeral Song (Thai: เพลงศพ) which appeared in a local weekly. Since then, he has had many of his work published. He was recognized and awarded a notable short story prize by a local publisher for his short story Desolate Field (Thai: ทุ่งร้าง).
In between jobs and during free time, he started writing White Shadow. The work was first published in 1986. The work had little impact for the Thai audience. However, it was well-received by the international audience. Eventually, the book was translated into seven different languages. His books are available worldwide, particularly in Europe.
Awards
- Desolate Field won notable short story prize from a local Thai publisher
- White Shadow (2001) recognized as one of 20 best novels in Thailand by literary critic Marcel Barang
- White Shadow (2001) received the 2008 Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Medal from the French Ministry of Culture