Rim Kin Biography
Cambodian writerIn this Cambodian name, the surname is Rim. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kin.
Rim Kin (Khmer: រីម គីន; 8 November 1911–28 January 1959) was a Cambodian writer, and one of the founders of Cambodian modern literature. He was the author of Sophat (Khmer: សូផាត, 1938), the first published novel in Cambodia to be written in prose rather than the customary verse form. It became a 1964 movie of the same name. In 1935, the weekly Cambodian newspaper Ratri Thnai Saur (Khmer: 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' *ociation.
Partial works
- 1938, Sophat (រឿងសូផាត)
- 1943, Samapheavi (សមាភាវី)
