Associate Professor Ingorn Supanwanit
– Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Khun Suwan is a female poet from the early Rattanakosin period. Two of her poems – Klon Plaeng Yao Mom Pet Sawan and Klon Plaeng Yao about the Sickness of Princess Apson Sudathep – have characteristics that are different from the typical klon plaeng yao in that these poetic works reflect the way of life of women in the palace, and notably, love stories between women.
Keywords: Klon Plaeng Yao, Khun Suwan, Same gender love, Early Rattanakosin Period
(Presented in the Spectrosynthesis II : LGBTQ in Thai Literature (ความหลากหลายทางเพศในวรรณกรรมไทย), 26 January 2020, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, organized by the Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University and the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre)