Binlah Sonkalagiri
Binlah Sonkalagiri is the pen-name of Thai author Wuthichat Choomsanit. He won the S.E.A. Write Award in 2005 for his work, Chao Ngin.Biography
Wuthichat graduated high school from Mahavajiravudh Songkhla School in Songkhla Province. He attended the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University but did not graduate before starting his career as editor-in-chief Pai Yarn Yai, a publication belonging to writer and singer Suu Boonliang. He also worked as a reporter for Matichon and Khao Sod daily newspapers before turning to writing on his own in 1994. He resides in Chiang Mai Province.
As Binlah Sonkalagiri his works include short stories, children's books, novels and travel documentaries. Under his real name, Wuthichat's works include Chan Duem Duang Arthit, Kid Tung Took Pee, Pla Chalarm Fun Lor, Duem Talay Sarb and Arb Talay Say.
