Ngarmpun Vejjajiva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ngarmpun Vejjajiva

Thai writer

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1963

Place of Birth: London

Profession: writer, translator, children's writer

Nationality: Thailand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ngarmpun Vejjajiva (Thai: ??????? ?????????, RTGS: Ngamphan Wetchachiwa, born January 27, 1963 in London) is a Thai novelist and translator.
She was the recipient of the S.E.A.
Write Award for Thailand in 2006 for her first novel, The Happiness of Kati.
A wheelchair user, she has had cerebral palsy since birth and finds comfort in immersing herself in the imaginary world of reading and writing.
As is customary for Thais, she has a short nickname, thus many people know her as "Jane".
Ngarmpun is the sister of Thailand's former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.