Rim Kin (Khmer: រីម គីន; 8 November 1911–28 January 1959) was a Cambodian writer, and one of the founders of Cambodian modern literature.[1] He was the author of Sophat (Khmer: សូផាត, 1938), the first published novel in Cambodia[2] to be written in prose rather than the customary verse form.[3] It became a 1964 movie of the same name. In 1935, the weekly Cambodian newspaper Ratri Thnai Saur (Khmer: រាត្រីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍) was founded and it hosted the first modern serial stories of Kin.[1] From 1955 through 1957, Kin was the first president of the Khmer Writers' Association.[4]
Rim Kin
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Native name |
រីម គីន
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Born | (1911-11-08)November 8, 1911 Phnom Penh, French Cambodia |
Died | January 28, 1959(1959-01-28) (aged 47) Cambodia |
Occupation | Author |
Notable works | Sophat (1938) |
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