Subha Devakul
Subha Devakul was a Thai writer.
She was born in Bangkok and wrote her first fiction in high school. She married while still young, had five children and became a widow before the age of 30. Devakul began writing professionally to support herself and her family. She wrote forty novels, hundreds of short stories and numerous television scripts and screenplays. She was president of the Writer's Association of Thailand from 1978 to 1982. She played an important role in establishing the S.E.A. Write Award. Devakul died of lung disease.