Name Chamnongsri Rutnin | Role Writer | |
Chamnongsri Rutnin is the pen name of Khunying Chamnongsri Hanchanlash (born 1939), a Thai writer and translator. She writes in both Thai and English.
Born into a wealthy family involved in banking, she studied in England and came back to Thailand at the age of 18. She worked as a reporter for an English language newspaper until her marriage to Uthai Rutnin, an ophthalmologist. Together, they established the Rutnin Eye Hospital in Bangkok. After his death, she established the Uthai Rutnin Foundation in 1995 to support the operation of the hospital and served on its board of directors. She established Harbor House Foundation in Chiang Rai to help disadvantaged young women. She also has been a university lecturer and radio program host. She later married Dr. Jingjai Hanchanlash.
Originally producing mainly poetry and stories, her work now includes plays, children's literature and biography. She has also translated English works of literature into Thai.