Biography: Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul

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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.

Social Media

Twitter: @somtow

Facebook: @somtow