Southern Thai novel wins 2021 SEA Write Award
published : 13 Jan 2022 at 04:00
Siriworn Kaewkarn’s The Story Of Defun, a novel that recounts the settlement of Thailand’s Southern region, has been awarded the 2021 SEA Write Award for the top novel, the SEA Write Organising Committee announced on Monday.
The SEA Write committee said that the novel — which draws a connection between the establishment of local communities and the settlement of people in the Banthat Mountain Range and lake basin area — illustrates “cultural diversity”.
“The unrecalled trauma as the key…
