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Ty Chi Huot

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Ty Chi Huot

Cambodia

Ty Chi Huot was born in Takeo, Cambodia, in 1952. The eldest son of a poor family, he worked from a very young age as a hairdresser, waiter, and bread and dumpling seller to continue his schooling. Under the Khmer Rouge, he was deported to Battambang to make fertilizer. After 1979, he worked at the National Radio of Cambodia....

Known for his novels and his scripts for traditional theater, he is one of the most celebrated authors of the 1980s. His works include Veul Rok Tronum (Back to the Nest, 1984) and Mekh Bat Duong Chan (Sky of the Lost Moon, 1985). He passed away at the age of thirty-five.

fishermen sitting on a pier with boats behind them

Dmitry Makeev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sky of the Lost Moon

By Ty Chi Huot

I was assigned to work in the propaganda group to recruit more people to our cause.

Translated from Khmer by Rinith Taing

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Ty Chi Huot

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Articles by Ty Chi Huot

Sky of the Lost Moon