Pira Sudham

Pira Sudham (Thai พีระสุธรรม), born in 1942, is a writer originating in the area of the Isan in Thailand. It was born in a family from poor peasants in the village from Napo, Province of Buriram. To fourteen years, it was sent to study with Bangkok where it was a DEK wat (an alive boy in a temple and assisting the Moine S). He studied then with the Université Chulalongkorn of Bangkok, where, noticed by his professors, he obtained a purse of the government of the New Zealand to study in this country. He studied initially with the Université of Auckland, then with the Université Victoria of Wellington.

Works

1983, Siamese Drama, The Shire Books, Bangkok.
1987, People off Esarn, The Shire Books, Bangkok.
1988, Monsoon Country,
1989, Ground of Monsoon, Olizane Editions, Geneva (translation of Monsoon Country ).
1990, Childhoods inhabitants of Thailand, Beech, Paris (translation of Siamese Drama )
1996, off Bruise Thailand, Rothershire Edition, Bangkok/Hailsham (East Sussex), (increased edition of Siamese Drama ).
2002, The Forces off Karma,
2005, Shodowed Country, DCO Books, Bangkok (rewriting and expansion of Monsoon Country and The Force off Karma ).

While using his own experience of life, the author puts in scene the characters and the circumstances of the life of the villagers of Isan. Its works are very critical organized ignorance and corruption set up in system.

All its works were written in an original manner in English, but they are now translated into several languages of which French and German.

Income in its native village of Napo, Pira Sudham shares its life between Europe and Thailand. Under the auspices of Pira Sudham Estate, it founded a school in its village and deals with various works of development.

External bonds

the official site of Pira Sudham

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