S.E.A. Write Award (Southeast Asian Writers Award)
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Edition 24 (2002) Winner
Prabda Yoon
プラバダ・ユン
Prabda Yoon
Aliases:
Prapda Yun
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1973-08-02 （Bangkok）
- Nationality
- Thai
- Languages
- Thai, English
- Residence History
- Bangkok, Thailand
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Filmmaker, Artist, Graphic designer, Magazine editor, Screenwriter, Translator, Media personality
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Typhoon Studio, Bookmoby Readers' Cafe
- Influenced By
- Vladimir Nabokov, J. D. Salinger, Anthony Burgess
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Union | Graphic Design | Graphic Design | Bachelor | 1993-1997 | United States |
| Parsons School of Design | Design | Communication Design | — | 2年間 | United States |
| Cambridge School of Weston | — | High School | — | — | United States |
Cooper Union
Graphic Design
/ Graphic Design
Degree:
Bachelor
Period:
1993-1997
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
Studied under Dan Friedman and Milton Glaser
Parsons School of Design
Design
/ Communication Design
Period:
2年間
Country:
United States
Manhattan
Cambridge School of Weston
High School
Country:
United States
Weston, Massachusetts
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | S.E.A. Write Award | Probability | — | Southeast Asian Writers Award | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Fukuoka Prize | — | 芸術文化部門 | City of Fukuoka | 受賞 |
S.E.A. Write Award
2002
Work:
Probability
Organization:
Southeast Asian Writers Award
Result:
受賞
Fukuoka Prize
2021
Category:
芸術文化部門
Organization:
City of Fukuoka
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Muang Moom Shak (City of Right Angles)
2000 Short story collectionA collection of five related stories about New York City
Urban lifeCultural displacement
Translations
- Japanese translation
Kwam Na Ja Pen (Probability)
2000 Short story collectionShort story collection that won S.E.A. Write Award
ProbabilityFate
Translations
- The Sad Part Was (English, 2017)
Chit-tak!
2002 NovelPanda
2004 NovelBibliography
- Right-angled City
- Probability
- Flood in the Eyes
- The Moving Parts
- This Really happened
- The Shoulders of Mountains
- Cleaning the Dead
- Ancient Planet
- Chit-tak!, 2002
- Panda, 2004
- Lessons in Rain, 2005
- Under the Snow, 2006
Adaptations
- Last Life in the Universe (screenplay, 2003)
- Invisible Waves (screenplay, 2006)
- Motel Mist (director, 2015)
Translations by Author
- Lolita (Nabokov)
- Pnin (Nabokov)
- All books by J.D. Salinger
- A Clockwork Orange (Burgess)
- R.U.R. (Karel Čapek)
Translations of Works
- The Sad Part Was (English, translated by Mui Poopoksakul, 2017)
- Moving Parts (English, translated by Mui Poopoksakul, 2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ModernistExperimentalUrban
- Recurring Motifs
- City lifeAlienationFragmented emotions
Legacy
Prominent Thai writer known for short stories, internationally translated. Fukuoka Prize winner. Multifaceted in graphic design, film, music.
In Popular Culture
- Screenplays for Thai new wave films
Trivia
- Son of prominent media personality Suthichai Yoon.
- Completed military service in Thailand in 1998.
- Founded Typhoon Studio in 2004.