Thai novelist
Rompaeng |
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| Born | Chanyawee Sompreeda
(1977-06-08) 8 June 1977 (age 47)
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| Other names | Rompaeng (รอมแพง) (pen name) |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
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Rompaeng (Thai: รอมแพง; RTGS: Romphaeng) is the pen name of Chanyawee Sompreeda (จันทร์ยวีร์ สมปรีดา), a Thai novelist. She is best known for Bupphesanniwat (บุพเพสันนิวาส), a romance–comedy–time travel novel which was adapted into a TV drama on Channel 3 titled Love Destiny in 2018. It is considered the most popular TV drama in more than 20 years, and created a national phenomenon.[1]
Personal life
Rompaeng was born on 8 June 1977 in Sichon District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand. She graduated from Kanlayanee Si Thammarat School and received a bachelor's degree in Archeology (major in art history) from Silpakorn University.[1]
Career
Before she became a writer, she had more than eleven different careers. She first began writing novels for Pantip.com in 2006.[2]
She spent three years gathering information for her 2010 work of art, Bupphesanniwat, but only one month finishing the original manuscript.[3]
She has written more than twenty works. Many of her novels have been adapted into TV dramas on Channel 3 and Channel 7 HD, in addition to Bupphesanniwat, such as Dao Kiao Duean (ดาวเกี้ยวเดือน) and its sequel Dao Khiang Duean (ดาวเคียงเดือน), Khitaloka (คีตโลกา), Ruean Phayom (เรือนพะยอม), and Phrai Phayakon (พรายพยากรณ์).[4]
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