Samnang started her writing around 1981. By 2016 she had more than 100 of her novels published. According to her, many of her novels have a message in them. The messages were aimed at the youth to remind or educate them about what comes of drug use.[3] Around 2009, she was earning around US$500 for each novel which took about a month to write.[4] As a screenwriter, the films she has scripted for are seen regularly around Phnom Penh.[5]
Film
One of her stories put to film was Snaker, released in 2001. It was directed by Fai Sam Ang and starred Winai Kraibutr, Pich Chanbormey, Tep Rindaro, and Om Portevy.[6][7]
Later years
Samnang Samnang stopped writing around 2014. This was due to her not being able to get a publishing deal that would allow her to write for Khmer readers. Another reason was because of problems with copyright violations.[8]
References
^Modern Short Fiction of Southeast Asia: A Literary History, Teri Shaffer Yamada - Page 125
samnang, khmer, known, rabbit, ទន, cambodian, author, written, stories, films, such, weird, villa, snake, king, child, haunted, house, considered, country, most, popular, authors, native, nameម, ងborn1959, cambodiapen, namerabbit, ទន, occupationwriterlanguagek. Mao Samnang khmer ម ស ណ ង as known as Rabbit ទន ស យ is a Cambodian author who has written stories for films such as The Weird Villa The Snake King s Child and The Haunted House She is considered to be one of the country s most popular authors 1 2 Mao SamnangNative nameម ស ណ ងBornMao Samnang1959 CambodiaPen nameRabbit ទន ស យ OccupationWriterLanguageKhmerNationalityCambodianYears active1981 presentNotable worksThe Haunted House The Snake King s ChildChildrenMao ChanraksmeyIn this Cambodian name the surname is Mao In accordance with Cambodian custom this person should be referred to by the given name Samnang Contents 1 Background 2 Film 3 Later years 4 ReferencesBackground EditSamnang started her writing around 1981 By 2016 she had more than 100 of her novels published According to her many of her novels have a message in them The messages were aimed at the youth to remind or educate them about what comes of drug use 3 Around 2009 she was earning around US 500 for each novel which took about a month to write 4 As a screenwriter the films she has scripted for are seen regularly around Phnom Penh 5 Film EditOne of her stories put to film was Snaker released in 2001 It was directed by Fai Sam Ang and starred Winai Kraibutr Pich Chanbormey Tep Rindaro and Om Portevy 6 7 Later years EditSamnang Samnang stopped writing around 2014 This was due to her not being able to get a publishing deal that would allow her to write for Khmer readers Another reason was because of problems with copyright violations 8 References Edit Modern Short Fiction of Southeast Asia A Literary History Teri Shaffer Yamada Page 125 Le Cambodge By Soizick Crochet Page 243 Khmer Times Wednesday 27 July 2016 Khmer Novels Endangered as Readership Dries Up Va Sonyka The Phnom Penh Post Mon 18 May 2009 Reading a novel obsession among Cambodian youth Lim Seang Heng The Cambodia Daily June 26 2003 Some Screenwriters Claim Gov t Censorship by Thet Sambath Letterboxd Snaker 2001 nguekngkxng Directed by Fai Sam Ang Crew Letterboxd Snaker 2001 nguekngkxng Directed by Fai Sam Ang Cast Khmer Times Wednesday 27 July 2016 Khmer Novels Endangered as Readership Dries Up Va Sonyka This article contains Khmer text Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Khmer script This Cambodian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mao Samnang amp oldid 1040371017, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
