Sukhothai kingdom time period
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Sukhothai kingdom
Chit Phumisak
Chit Phumisak (Thai: จิตร ภูมิศักดิ์, born 25 September 1930 - killed 5 May 1966) was a Thai author, historian, poet and Communist rebel. His most influential book was The Face of Thai Feudalism (โฉมหน้าศักดินาไทย, Chomna Sakdina Thai), written in 1957 under the pseudonym Somsamai Srisootarapan.
Other pen names used by Chit include Kawi Kanmuang and Kawi Srisayam. He has been described as the "Che Guevara of Thailand".[1]
Biography
Born into a poor family in Prachinburi Province, eastern Thailand, he studied philology at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
It was as a student that Chit first became exposed to Marxism; in 1953 he was hired by the U.S. embassy to help assist William J. Gedney, an American linguist living in Thailand, to translate The Communist Manifesto into Thai (in an attempt to scare the Thai government into taking a tougher stance against communism).[2]
His writings were anti-nationalist and progressive and were
