Khmer writer Un Sok Heang said that the purchase of poetry books and people’s interest in writing poetry has spiked in recent years. He has always been fascinated by it and has spent decades contemplating Khmer literature and producing it himself.
Born in Dar commune in Prasat village of Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Leng district, Dum Davuy is a writer and translator, and also the director of the Bandos Nissay Institution, a successful publishing house.
Cambodian author Ouk Samnang’s name is a familiar one to many Khmer readers. Her long and prolific writing career has ensured that any bookstore or library you enter in the Kingdom will have at least one of her novels on their shelves.
A Cambodian art group is rehearsing Mahabharata, an ancient drama, in preparation for their debut performance at the upcoming the ASEAN Unity for Peace Cultural Festival on November 10-11.