The Thai SEA Write Award has been announced, and it goes to ไส้เดือนตาบอดในเขาวงกต by Veeraporn Nitiprapha; see, for example, the Bangkok Post reports, SEA Write award goes to new novelist Veeraporn and Unknown author takes out prestigious SEA Write Award, or the Matichon publicity page.
Of course, for English-speaking readers pretty much all Thai fiction remains unknown ... still, neat to see someone that's new locally too ("The author is unknown in Thai literature") break through like this.
Of course, for English-speaking readers pretty much all Thai fiction remains unknown ... still, neat to see someone that's new locally too ("The author is unknown in Thai literature") break through like this.