Souvankham Thammavongsa

Souvankham Thammavongsa
Born	1978 Nong Khai, Thailand
Occupation	writer
Nationality	Canadian
Period	2000s-present
Notable works	Small Arguments, Found, Light

Souvankham Thammavongsa is a Canadian poet and short story writer.

Life

Thammavongsa was born in the (Lao) Nong Khai refugee camp in Thailand in 1978. She and her parents were sponsored by a family in Canada when she was one year old.^[1] She was raised and educated in Toronto, Ontario.^[2]

Her first book, Small Arguments, won a ReLit Award in 2004.^[3] Her second book, Found, was made into a short film by Paramita Nath.^[4] Her third book, Light, won the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in 2014.^[5] Her short story How to Pronounce Knife was shortlisted for the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize out of 4000 entries.^[6]

Works

Poetry

• Small Arguments (Pedlar Press, 2003)
• Found (Pedlar Press, 2007)
• Light (Pedlar Press, 2013)

Short Stories

• "Ewwrrrkk" (Joyland Magazine, 2015)

References

1. "Into the Field: Souvankham Thammavongsa". https://jacket2.org/category/commentary-tags/souvankham-thammavongsa. Jacket2. External link in |website= (help);
2. "Souvankham Thammavongsa". http://www.versefest.ca/2014/poets/souvankham-thammavongsa/. Versefest. External link in |website= (help);
3. "Thammavongsa Souvankham". http://poets.ca/members_data/node/563. Poets.ca. External link in |website= (help);
4. "Found: The Film (Trailer)". http://www.foundthefilm.com/trailer.html. External link in |website= (help);
5. http://www.omdc.on.ca/book/trillium_book_award/trillium_book_award_winners.htm
6. http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/2015-commonwealth-short-story-prize-shortlist/