Worapoj Panpong, after working at the Thai newspaper Manager and the lifestyle magazines GM and Open, became a freelance writer; he has published more than twenty collections of his interviews and nonfiction prose. In 2019 he was honored with the Silpathorn Award, a national recognition for mid-career artists. Originally from Nakhon Ratchasima, he lived and worked in Bangkok for twenty-five years before moving to the northern province of Nan, where he founded and runs the poetry festival Nan Poésie. (updated 10/2021)