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MONK AUTHOR Prayudh Payutto or Phra Bhramagunabhorn of Nakhon Pathom, Suthichai Yoon, advisor to Nation Multimedia Group's editorial board, and national artist Chalermchai Kositpipat were among the nine people receiving awards this year from the Princes
The awards were in three categories – education and mass communications, promotion of culture and ethics, and social development, foundation president Somporn Thepsittha told a press conference yesterday.
The winners in the first category were Suthichai, Somkiat Onwimon, executive chairman of Thai Vitas Co, and Suwilai Premsrirat, a linguistics professor at Mahidol University.
In the second category, the honours went to Prayudh Payutto, Rapee Sakrik, president of the Arsom Silp Institute of Arts, and Chalermchai.
Those recognised in the third category were Phra Dhammasinghapuracariya, or Luang Por Jarun, of Sing Buri; Dr Sunanta Polpathapee, a clinical professor at Mahidol University’s Siriraj Hospital; and Mother Myriam de Ste Anne Kitcharoen, former superior-general of the Sisters of St Paul of Chartres.
The awards ceremony on June 7 at the Foreign Affairs Ministry will be part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Princess Prem (Ngarmchit) Purachatra, which will also feature an exhibition on the princess’ life from June 14 to July 12 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
