Kulap Saipradit กุหลาบ สายประดิษฐ์ | |
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Born | Bangkok, Siam | 31 March 1906
Died | 16 June 1974 Beijing, China | (aged 68)
Pen name | Siburapha ศรีบูรพา |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Thai |
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Kulap Saipradit (Thai: กุหลาบ สายประดิษฐ์; 31 March 1906 – 16 June 1974), better known by the pen name Siburapha (Thai: ศรีบูรพา; also romanized as Sriburapha or Sri Burapha), was a newspaper editor and one of the foremost Thai novelists of his time. He was a vocal activist for human rights and because of this, he ran afoul of the authorities and was jailed for more than four years. He spent the last 16 years of his life in exile in China.