Rim Kin Explained

Rim Kin (km|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 (km|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 (km|រាត្រីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍) was founded and it hosted the first modern serial stories of Kin. From 1955 through 1957, Kin was the first president of the Khmer Writers' Association.^[4]

Partial works

• 1938, Sophat (រឿងសូផាត)
• 1943, Samapheavi (សមាភាវី) ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Chee, Tham Seong. Essays on Literature and Society in Southeast Asia: Political and Sociological Perspectives. 16 January 2011. 1981. NUS Press. 978-9971-69-036-6. 78–.
2. Book: Jacob. Judith M.. Smyth. David. Studies. University of London. School of Oriental and African. Cambodian linguistics, literature and history: collected articles. 16 January 2011. 1993. Psychology Press. 978-0-7286-0218-2. 160–.
3. Book: Sheehan. Sean. Cooke. Barbara. Cambodia. registration. 16 January 2011. April 2007. Marshall Cavendish. 978-0-7614-2071-2. 107–.
4. Book: Huffman, Franklin E.. Intermediate Cambodian Reader. 15 January 2011. 30 July 1988. SEAP Publications. 978-0-87727-522-0. 336, 470.
5. Book: Edwards, Penny. Cambodge: the cultivation of a nation, 1860-1945. 16 January 2011. 2007. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-2923-0. 71–.