Rattawut Lapcharoensap ( th, รัฐวุฒิ ลาภเจริญทรัพย์;

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:; born 1979) is a Thai American

short story writer A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

. He is best known for ''Sightseeing'', a collection of short stories published in 2005. The film '' How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)'' is based on two stories from the collection ("At the Café Lovely" and "Draft Day"). In 2006 the

National Book Foundation The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established, "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America". Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,Edwin McDowell. "Book Notes: 'The Joy Luc ...

named him a 5 under 35 honoree.

Life

Lapcharoensap was born in Chicago and grew up in Bangkok. He graduated from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

with an MFA in creative writing.

Awards

* 2010 Whiting Award * 2006 5 Under 35 Award

Works

"Valets,"
''Granta 97: Best of Young American Novelists 2'', Spring 2007 (Subscription Required)
"The Captain,"
''Granta 124: Travel Fiction'', Summer 2013 (Subscription Required)

Books

* A collection of seven stories:
"Farangs,"
Originally published in ''Granta 84: Over There, How America Sees the World'', Winter 2003 (Subscription Required)
"At the Café Lovely,"
Originally published in ''Zoetrope: All-Story'', Fall 2004 **"Draft Day," Originally published in ''One Story'', Issue 46, October 2004 **"Sightseeing" **"Priscilla the Cambodian" **"Don't Let Me Die in This Place" **"Cockfighter"

References

External links

Profile
at The Whiting Foundation
Interview
with

Granta ''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and ma ...

(October 5, 2013)
Talk
at

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

(September 30, 2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lapcharoensap, Rattawut Living people University of Michigan alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Thai descent People from Chicago American writers