Spot Info
Real Name: Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul
Other names: SP Somtow
Personal Details
Nationality: Thai
Religion: Chakri Dynasty
Mother Tongue: Thai
Languages Known: Thai
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Birth Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Born on: December 30 1952
Age As On Today: 71 years
Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand
Gender: Male
Education Details
College: Eton College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Education Qualification: Music
Professional Details
Skills: Music Composer, Author
Profession: Music Composer, Author
Physical Details
Eye colour: Black
Career
Debut Year: Late 1970s
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Awards: Somtow won the World Fantasy Award for best novella in 2002 for The Bird Catcher, and has been nominated four other times.
He has won the International Horror Guild Award, the John W. Campbell Award in 1981, the Locus Award for Best First Novel (1982, for Starship& Haiku), the HOMer Award, the American Horror Award and numerous other awards.
He has been nominated for two Hugos and five Bram Stoker Awards. In 2008, he became one of the first recipients of the newly created Silpathorn Kittikhun Award, awarded by Thailand's Culture Ministry.
The Silpathorn Kittikhun Award has been viewed as an alternative to the more "staid, traditional National Artist Awards.
In December 2011, Thai newspaper The Nation selected him as one of the 40 most internationally acclaimed Thais.
In 2013 he was awarded the "Golden W" by the International Wagner Society for ten years of service in presenting the music of Wagner in the region.
Achievements: Somtow won the World Fantasy Award for best novella in 2002 for The Bird Catcher, and has been nominated four other times.
He has won the International Horror Guild Award, the John W. Campbell Award in 1981, the Locus Award for Best First Novel (1982, for Starship& Haiku), the HOMer Award, the American Horror Award and numerous other awards.
He has been nominated for two Hugos and five Bram Stoker Awards. In 2008, he became one of the first recipients of the newly created Silpathorn Kittikhun Award, awarded by Thailand's Culture Ministry.
The SilpathornKittikhun Award has been viewed as an alternative to the more "staid, traditional National Artist Awards.
In December 2011, Thai newspaper The Nation selected him as one of the 40 most internationally acclaimed Thais.
In 2013 he was awarded the "Golden W" by the International Wagner Society for ten years of service in presenting the music of Wagner in the region.