Thailand… to get poetic about…
I have found over the years that we Farang are generally not very familiar with the literature, let alone the poetry of our host country. Expats who want to integrate generally have a more thorough knowledge of, say, the local range of food, drink or women than of what is generally described as 'higher' culture.
Chit Phumisak, the Che Guevara of Thailand
Chit Phumisak, the idol of many Thai students, was born on September 25, 1930 in a simple family in Prachinburi province, which borders Cambodia. He went to the temple school in his village, then to a public school in Samutprakan, where his talent for languages was discovered. Chit spoke Thai, Khmer, French, English and Pali. He later successfully studied linguistics at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. There he joined an academic discussion group suspected by the authorities.
