Sukanya Cholasuek (, born 1931), writing under the pen name Krisna Asoksin, is a Thai novelist. She has written about 150 novels and many other short stories. Her 1980 novel ''
Poon Pid Thong'' () won the
S.E.A. Write Award
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in 1985, and she was named
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in literature in 1988. Most of her early work has been described as "domestic drama", while her more recent output has taken on social and political themes. Many of her novels have been adapted as well-known
Thai television soap opera
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s, each with multiple remakes, including ''
Namphueng Khom'', ''
Mia Luang'' and ''
Sawan Biang''.
Bibliography
* ''Klin fāng'', 1993
* ''Pūn pit thō̜ng '', 1982 (translated as ''Poon Pid Thong: Gold-pasted Cement'', 2014)
* ''Mīa lūang'', 1969
* ''Rāk kǣo'', 1971
* ''Bān khonnok'', 1979
* ''Butsabok baimāi'', 1982
* ''Sīang nok čhāk phrāk'', 1986
* ''Thān kao fai mai'', 1989
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References
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S.E.A. Write Award winners
Pseudonymous women writers
20th-century pseudonymous writers
1931 births
Living people
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