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Kukrit Pramoj

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Kukrit Pramoj
คึกฤทธิ์ ปราโมช
Kukrit in 1974
13th Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
14 March 1975 – 20 April 1976
MonarchBhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded bySeni Pramoj
Succeeded bySeni Pramoj
Minister of Interior
In office
8 January 1976 – 20 April 1976
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded bySeni Pramoj
Succeeded byBoonteng Thongsawat
12th President of the National Assembly of Thailand
In office
29 December 1973 – 7 October 1974
Preceded bySiri Siriyothin
Succeeded byPraphas Ouchai
Personal details
Born(1911-04-20)20 April 1911
Sing Buri, Krung Kao, Siam (now In Buri, Sing Buri, Thailand)
Died9 October 1995(1995-10-09) (aged 84)
Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand (now Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand)
Cause of deathHeart disease and high blood pressure[1][2]
NationalityThai
Political partySocial Action Party
Spouse(s)M.L. Pakpring Thongyai (Separated)
Children2
Alma materThe Queen's College, Oxford
Profession
  • Scholar
  • writer
  • politician
  • army officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Thailand
Branch/service Royal Thai Army
RankMajor General[3]
CommandsRoyal Thai Aide-De-Camp
Battles/warsPacific War

Kukrit Pramoj was a novelist and former prime minister of Thailand.

He is famous in Thailand for being a writer. His novel Four Reigns, was published as a serial in his newspaper Siam Rat from 1951 to 1952.

Works that he did write

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Novels

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  • Sam Kok Chabap Nai Thun (1951)
  • Four Reigns; The Thai novel came out in 1953, Si Phaendin, but it was first printed as a serial in a newspaper from 1951 to 1952. In 1981, the English translation was published; translator: Tulachandra
  • Phai Daeng (1954); Red Bamboo (1961) is the English version.
  • Su Si Thai Hao (1957)
  • Jew (1967)
  • Kawao Thi Bang Phleng (1989)
  • Lai Chiwit
    • Translated in English as Many Lives in 1996
  • Khun Chang Khun Phaen (1989)

Plays

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Collected short stories and essays

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  • Phuean Non (เพื่อนนอน; short stories, 1952) ISBN 974-9906-31-4
  • Sapphehera Khadi (สัพเพเหระคดี) ISBN 974-92321-6-X

Non-fiction

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Translations

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References

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