N the most important poet in thai literature was sunthorn phu, who is best. Sunthorn phu is thailands bestknown royal poet in rattanakosin era. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Sunthorn phu 17861855, poet of the rattanakosin period 1772present, has. It was distressing to think of those books and the yellow robes i used. There is also a fairly rigid distinction between royal literature and popular literature.
This article aims to introduce sunthorn phu, the most famous poet of siam, and to. Sunthorn or sunthon phu was born in bangkok in 1786. Sunthorn phu is a thai poet who lived during the 19th century. Phu spent his childhood with his mother a wet nurse to a princess of the royal family within the palace of king rama i. Hes often referred to as thailands shakespeare, and is certainly the kingdoms most wellknown poet. Create a free lifetime account to try the pdf lesson notes. Sunthorn phu news newspapers books scholar jstor june. The foundation stone was set on 30 december 1955 by prime minister pibulsongkram, but construction stopped for 10 years, until 1968.
A thai scholar believes that sunthorn phu began working on the composition. On sunthorn phu day, the students take part in writing competitions and listen to his poems. Phra sunthorn vohara, known as sunthorn phu, 26 june 1786 1855 is thailand. As revels puts it, in the course of history there has been a peasant cuisine and. Phra sunthorn vohara, known as sunthorn phu, 26 june 1786 1855 is thailands bestknown royal poet.
In 1986, the 200th anniversary of his birth, sunthorn phu was honored by unesco as a great world poet. Sunthorn phu project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He received a standard education in the wat sri sudaram monastery in klong bangkok noi, and went on to take a job as a clerk in a government office. Phra aphaimani, which was written by sunthorn phu in the late 18th century. Discount prices on books by sunthon phu, including titles like moradok rattanakosin. In this lesson, youll learn all about sunthorn phu dayvisit thaipod101 and learn. Theres also an entire monument dedicated to him in sunthorn phu memorial park, rayong, with a statue of phu surrounded by other sculptures that replicate characters from his work. Phu s career as a royal poet began in the reign of king rama ii, and when the king died, he resigned from the role and became a monk. A classical thai epos on a porcelain bowl in the ring. The real phra abhai mani is a 30,000line epic poem that took 20 years. Mkhp can be also considered as a culinary example of the thai manual.
The first thai novels and the thai literary canon anu press. A presentation giving a short history of thailands famous poet sunthorn phu and a selection of pictures from our own celebration. Though sunthorn spent much of his life under royal patronage, he was of humble origins and his themes appealed to a more popular taste. His phra aphai mani poems describe a fantastical world, where people of all races and religions live and interact together in harmony. His most popular single work is the 30,000line epic phra aphai mani. Many of his works have been commemorated in literary landmarks found all over thailand, including on the island of ko samet. Every year on soonthorn phu day, there are exhibitions about his life history and his. Every thai student has to learn his poem at school. Pdf the complexities of poetry translation always challenges researchers in the field of nlp national. Pdf thai poetry translation to english with tuning module. His common name is from a part of his royal given name phra sunthorn vohara, combined with his birth name, phu. Doc history and thailand literature jane sanchez academia.