Edition 40 (2018)

PoetryShort storiesNovelsPlaysFolkloreAcademic and religious worksLifetime achievement

Winners

9 people

Tarif bin Haji Abdul Hamid Winner

Pol Pisey Winner

Phiulavanh Luangvanna Winner

Mawar Safei Winner

Ma Thida Winner

Ricardo Monreal de Ungria Winner

Goh Mey Teck Winner

Veeraporn Nitiprapha Winner

Tracing several generations of a family that migrated from China to Siam, the novel intertwines family secrets with the tangled history of modern Thailand. It is an epic family saga that tells the memory of the Chinese diaspora through a magical narrative style.

A family curse and a nation’s history overlap across a long span of time.

330 pages

family sagaChinese diasporaThai historymagical realismgenerations

Le Minh Khue Winner