Pimjai Juklin (born 1969), known by her pen name Duanwad Pimwana, is a Thai novelist, poet and journalist. The winner of the 2003 S.E.A Write Award for her novel ''Changsamran'', she is one of Thailand's best-known writers.

Biography

Born to a family of farmers, she attended a vocational school and worked as a journalist at a local newspaper. She published her first short story at the age of twenty and quickly gained recognition, earning awards from PEN International Thailand and the Thai literary magazine Chorkaraket. She currently lives in her native seaside province of

Chonburi Chonburi ( th, ชลบุรี, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and Mueang Chonburi District in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Bangkok, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Its name means 'city of water'. Chonb ...

, located on the Thai east coast. Pimwana's ''Arid Dreams'', Pimwana's debut in English translation, is a collection of short stories that explores the daily lives of ordinary Thais.

Reception

Lily Meyer at

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writes:

Duanwad Pimwana is one of Thailand's preeminent female writers. She's beloved for her writing across forms, but especially acclaimed for her short fiction, translated for the first time in the excellent 13-story sampler ''Arid Dreams....'' erskill at creating multiplicity makes her mastery clear. Each of her stories poses its own moral challenge, pleasurable and unsettling at once. Taken together, they are a phenomenal puzzle to read.

Selected works

;in English translation *''Arid Dreams'' (2019). Translated by Mui Poopoksakul. New York: Feminist Press. *''Bright'' (2019). Translated by Mui Poopoksakul. San Francisco: Two Lines Press.

References

External links

"Monopoly"
Short story by Duanwad Pimwana.

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, November 2016.
"In Conversation: Duanwad Pimwana, author of ''Bright'' and ''Arid Dreams."''
Interview with author at Asymptote Journal, May 22, 2019.
"The PEN Ten: An Interview in Translation with Duanwad Pimwana."
by Lily Philpott, trans. Mui Poopoksakul. PEN America website, 8 August 2019. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pimwana, Duanwad 1969 births Living people Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana Pseudonymous women writers Duanwad Pimwana Duanwad Pimwana 20th-century poets 21st-century poets 20th-century novelists 21st-century novelists 20th-century short story writers 21st-century short story writers 20th-century journalists 21st-century journalists 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers