Seksan Prasertkul
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Seksan Prasertkul is a Thai
author who was awarded the title National Artist of Thailand in 2009.
Son of fishing-boar builder and market vendor. Student leader at Thammasat University in 1973. Fled to jungle in 1976. Surrendered in 1980, and went to acquire a doctorate from Cornell University, 1989. Taught political science at Thammasat. Prominent public intellectual and writer of poetry, stories, and autobiography including the film, The Moonhunter.
Thai people
The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...
author who was awarded the title National Artist of Thailand in 2009.
Son of fishing-boar builder and market vendor. Student leader at Thammasat University in 1973. Fled to jungle in 1976. Surrendered in 1980, and went to acquire a doctorate from Cornell University, 1989. Taught political science at Thammasat. Prominent public intellectual and writer of poetry, stories, and autobiography including the film, The Moonhunter.