Somchine Nginn

Pierre Somchine Nginn was born in 1892 in Vientiane. His father, François Nginn, had taken part in the Pavie mission of 1892. Trained at the Chasseloup-Laubat college in Saigon, he made a career in the administration, later served the Lao Red Cross, and was one of the most widely read French-language poets of the country. He taught in Vientiane, where his pupil was Outhine Bounyavong, presided over the royal academy of literature, and worked to fix the grammar of Lao. Sources give 1971 or 1981 for his death.

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• NovelພະພຸດທະຮູບສັກສິດSomchine Nginn · 1944not translated into EnglishLiterature