Chamnongsri Rutnin
Chamnongsri Rutnin is the pen name of Khunying Chamnongsri Hanchanlash (born 1939), a Thai writer and translator. She writes in both Thai and English.[1]
Born into a wealthy family involved in banking, she studied in England[1] and came back to Thailand at the age of 18. She worked as a reporter for an English language newspaper until her marriage to Uthai Rutnin, an ophthalmologist. Together, they established the Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok.[2] After his death, she established the Uthai Rutnin Foundation in 1995 to support the operation of the hospital[3] and served on its board of directors. She established Harbor House Foundation in Chiang Rai to help disadvantaged young women. She also has been a university lecturer and radio program host. She later married Dr. Jingjai Hanchanlash.[2]
Originally producing mainly poetry and stories, her work now includes plays, children's literature and biography. She has also translated English works of literature into Thai.[1]
Selected works[1][2]
- Where Dusk Ends, play, received the John A. Eakin Foundation Award
- On the White Empty Page, poetry (English)
- Fon Tok Yang Tong, Fa Rong Yang Thueng (Touched by rain, reached by thunder), poetry (Thai)
- Boats in Mid-Ocean, biography
- Kaeuta's Horizon, play
- Orange-8-Legs, received the National Book Award for Children's Literature
References
- 1 2 3 4 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 59. ISBN 0415159806.
- 1 2 3 "Chamnongsri Rutnin". Silkroad Publisherd Agency.
- ↑ "Uthai Rutnin Foundation".