Suwannee Sukontha

Suwannee Sukontha was the penname of Suwannee Sukonthiang, an award-winning novelist born in Phitsanulok, Thailand. After graduating from Chalermkwansatree School, she went on to study at the Poh-Chang Academy of Arts before studying at Silpakorn University's Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts where she completed her bachelor's degree in 1951. Beginning her career as a government teacher at Bangkok's School of Arts and a Silpakorn University lecturer, she began writing bovels in 1965. That year, her first short story "A Letter to Puk" (จดหมายถึงปุก) under the penname Suwannee whi... show more