Nongchanai Prinyathawat, a novelist and national artist, died of old age at her home in Chanthaburi on Friday. She was 93.
Nongchanai Prinyathawat, whose pen name is Kanchana Nakhanan, dies at her home on Friday, May 30, 2014.
Sakchai Prinyathawat, Kanchana's son, aged 61, told reporters that his mother told him to prepare her a coffin two days before she died.
"My mother had been practicing dharma and meditation and was always conscious of her actions. She died peacefully," Mr Sakchai said.
Nongchanai, whose pen name is Kanchana Nakhanan, wrote many well-known Thai literatures such as ) Phoo Yai Lee Gab Nang Ma (Village Headman Lee and Miss Ma), Toranee Ni Nee Krai Krong (Who Own This Land?) and Phoo Kong Yod Ruk (My Dear Captain).
The Culture Ministry honoured her as a national artist in the literature category in 2012.
Many of Nongchanai's works have been put into the film media. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Culture)