Pira Sudham
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Pira Sudham (born 1942, Thai พีระ สุธรรม) is a writer from the Isan region of Thailand. He was born to a family of poor farmers in Na Pho, Buriram Province. At the age of fourteen he was sent to Bangkok to study, where he lived as a dek wat (a boy who lives in a temple and assists monks). He later went on to study at Chulalongkorn University, Auckland University and then Victoria University of Wellington.
His works include:
- Siamese Drama or Tales of Thailand (1983)
- People of Esarn (1987)
- Monsoon Country (1988)
- The Force of Karma (2002)
As well as drawing on his own life, these works deal with the characters and circumstances of his fellow villagers.
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