S.E.A. Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2006) Winner
Pal Vannarirak
パル・ヴァンナリラク
Pal Vannarirak
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1954-11-23 （Kampong Chhnang Province）
- Nationality
- Cambodian
- Languages
- Khmer
- Residence History
- Cambodia
Career
- Occupations
- censor, novelist, poet, TV presenter
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
- Affiliations
- Khmer Writers' Association (vice-president)
- Memberships
- Khmer Writers' Association
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Southeast Asian Writers Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Preah Sihanouk Reach Award | Unforgettable | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1989 | First prize on the 10th anniversary of January 7 | Darkness Went Away | — | — | 受賞 |
Southeast Asian Writers Award
2006
Result:
受賞
Preah Sihanouk Reach Award
1995
Work:
Unforgettable
Result:
受賞
First prize on the 10th anniversary of January 7
1989
Work:
Darkness Went Away
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Darkness Went Away
1989 novelHer first novel. Won first prize on the 10th anniversary of 7 January 1979.
Unforgettable
1995 novelA novel that won the Preah Sihanouk Reach Award in 1995.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Subversive literature secretly distributed in handwritten notebooks to evade censorship during the Khmer Rouge era
Legacy
A prominent Cambodian writer post-Khmer Rouge. Worked as a censor while secretly producing subversive novels and poetry not aligned with socialism, authoring over 40 books. Served as vice-president of the Khmer Writers' Association and won the Southeast Asian Writers Award.
Trivia
- As a censor, she stole back her own confiscated books and resold them.
- She cried upon learning that her husband had burned some of her original stories.