Research Catalog

Title

Southeast Asian writers / edited by David Smyth.

Publication

Detroit : Gale, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Smyth, David, 1954-

Description

xxiii, 430 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.

Summary

This volume includes writers from Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Brunei, East Timor, and Laos. The focus is on novelists and short-story writers who convey a sense of the development of fiction in the region. This volume offers a broader and more detailed introduction to the lives and works of writers of Southeast Asia; should be a valuable resource to those teaching and studying the literature and history.

Series Statement

Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 348

Uniform Title

Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 348.

Subject

• South Asian literature (English) > Bio-bibliography > Dictionaries
• Authors, South Asian > Biography > Dictionaries
• Authors, South Asian
• Schriftsteller
• Literatur
• Südostasien
• Englisch

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Dictionaries.
• Reference works.
• Ouvrages de référence.

Note

• "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- M.C. Akatdamkoeng Raphiphat (1905-1932) / Rachel Harrison -- Gopal Baratham (1935-2002) / Wai-chew Sim -- Lualhati Bautista (1946- ) / Ed Maranan -- Bunthanong Somsaiphon (1953- ) / Peter Koret -- Luís Cardoso (1958- ) / Edward Smyth -- Chart Korbjitti (1954- ) / Martin R. Clutterbuck -- Danarto (1940- ) / Harry Aveling -- Nh. Dini (1936- ) / Pamela Allen -- Dokmai Sot (1905-1963) / Susan F. Kepner -- Duong Thu Huong (1947- ) / Nina McPherson -- Lloyd Fernando (1926-2008) / Mohammad A. Quayum -- Goh Poh Seng (1936- ) / Philip Holden -- N.V.M. Gonzalez (1915-1999) / Gémino H. Abad -- Amado V. Hernandez (1903-1970) / Alice G. Guillermo -- Ho Anh Thai (1960- ) / Wayne Karlin -- Idrus (1921-1979) / David T. Hill -- Stevan Javellana (1918-1977) / Armando Malay Jr. -- Philip Jeyaretnam (1964- ) / Nicky Garsten -- Nick Joaquin (1917-2004) / Gémino H. Abad -- F. Sionil José (1924- ) / Isagani R. Cruz -- Keris Mas (1922-1992) / Harry Aveling -- Khamsing Srinawk (1930- ) / Martin Platt -- Khin Hnin Yu (1925-2003) / Ludu Sein Win -- M.R. Khukrit Pramoj (1911-1995) / David Smyth -- Ko' Surangkhanang (1911-1999) / David Smyth -- Kong Boun Chhoeun (1939- ) / Klairung Amratisha -- U Lat (1866-1921) / Anna Allott -- Le Minh Khue (1949- ) / Wayne Karlin -- Catherine Lim (1942- ) / Peter Wicks -- Shirley Geok-lin Lim (1944- ) / Mohammad A. Quayum -- Suchen Christine Lim (1948- ) / Tamara S. Wagner -- Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) / David T. Hill -- Gya-ne-gyaw Ma Ma Lay (1917-1982) / Anna Allott -- Ma Sanda (1947- ) / Ludu Sein Win -- K.S. Maniam (1942- ) / Peter Wicks -- P. Monin (1883-1940) / Anna Allott -- Muslim Burmat (1943- ) / C.H. Gallop -- Mya Than Tint (1929-1998) / Ludu Sein Win -- Nguyen Huy Thiep (1950- ) / Dana Healy -- Nguyen Minh Chau (1930-1989) / Dana Healy -- M.R. Nimitmongkol Navarat (1908-1948) / David Smyth -- Nou Hach (1916-1975?) / Klairung Amratisha -- Armijn Pane (1908-1970) / Keith Foulcher -- Pham Thi Hoai (1960- ) / Dana Healy -- Putu Wijaya (1944- ) / Paul Tickell -- Rim Kin (1911-1959) / Klairung Amratisha -- José Rizal (1861-1896) / Raquel A.G. Reyes -- Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996) / Gémino H. Abad -- Lope K. Santos (1879-1963) / Alice G. Guillermo -- Sein Tin (1899-1942) / Anna Allott -- Seni Saowaphong (1918- ) / Mineko Yoshioka -- Seno Gumira Ajidarma (1958- ) / Harry Aveling -- Shahnon Ahmad (1933- ) / Harry Aveling -- Siburapha (1905-1974) / David Smyth -- Sidaoru'ang (1943- ) / Rachel Harrison -- Suchart Sawatsi (1945- ) / David Smyth -- Hwee Hwee Tan (1974- ) / Nicky Garsten -- Simon S.C. Tay (1961- ) / Eddie Tay -- Claire Tham (1967- ) / Matilda Gabrielpillai -- Thein Pe Myint (1914-1978) / Maung Tha Noe -- Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925-2006) / Max Lane -- Linda Ty-Casper (1931- ) / Ed Maranan.

ISBN

• 9780787681661
• 0787681660

LCCN

2009003254

OCLC

• ocn261177199
• 261177199
• SCSB-1518009

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library