Kulap Saipradit (69)

1905-03-31 - 1974-06-16 | Bangkok, Thailand

Kulap Saipradit, better known by the pen name Siburapha, was a newspaper editor and one of the foremost Thai novelists of his time. He was a vocal activist for human rights and because of this, he ran afoul of the authorities and was jailed for more than four years.