Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Rattawut Lapcharoensap is a Thai American short story writer. He is best known for Sightseeing, a collection of short stories published in 2005. The film How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) is based on two stories from the collection. In 2006 the National Book Foundation named him a 5 under 35 honoree.
Life
Lapcharoensap was born in Chicago and grew up in Bangkok. He graduated from the University of Michigan with an MFA in creative writing.Awards
- 2010 Whiting Award
- 2006 5 Under 35 Award
Works
Granta 97: Best of Young American Novelists 2, Spring 2007 Granta 124: Travel Fiction, Summer 2013Books
- A collection of seven stories:
- * Originally published in Granta 84: Over There, How America Sees the World, Winter 2003
- * Originally published in Zoetrope: All-Story, Fall 2004
- *"Draft Day," Originally published in One Story, Issue 46, October 2004
- *"Sightseeing"
- *"Priscilla the Cambodian"
- *"Don't Let Me Die in This Place"
- *"Cockfighter"