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Tiwwat Pattarakulvanich

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Tiwwat Pattarakulvanich
BornBangkok, Thailand
NationalityThai

Tiwwat Pattarakulvanich or Tiwat Patarakulwanij (Thai: ทิววัฒน์ ภัทรกุลวณิชย์), known under the pen name Mor,[1] is a Thai cartoonist. He is considered as one of "today's prominent political cartoonists" in Thailand.[1] He works mainly for the newspapers Bangkokbiznews (Krungthep Thurakij, Thai: บ้าห้าร้อยจำพวก) and Bangkok Post. His work has been distributed internationally. He was awarded an Aydin Dogan Foundation's Cartoon Competition Award 2007.

Education

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Pattarakulvanich was born in Bangkok on June 9, and he practices Buddhism. After he graduated from Saint Gabriel School, he attended Changsin College (Thai: วิทยาลัยช่างศิลป์) and then attended Silpakorn University, where he graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees.

Teaching

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He was a lecturer at Rangsit University, Thammasat University (1990-1992), instructor at Silpakorn University (1990-1992), and instructor at Bangkok University (since 2008). Since 2009, he has been Special Lecturer at Master of fine arts program in computer arts at Thammasat University.

Writing and cartooning

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Pattarakulvanich was persuaded by Chai Rachawat (Thai: ชัย ราชวัตร) to submit a cartoon in a competition for a weekly newspaper. At that time, he then became a full-time professional cartoonist for the Siam Post, Siam Rath weekly, and other newspapers. He worked with an illustrator team of Thongdaeng. His work is primarily humorous caricatures.

He wrote a novel, which was published in 1996.[2] He worked with the Siamrath weekly newspapers from 1993 to 2005. He worked with the Bangkok Post starting in 2003. He worked on Amarin Book works.[3](Thai: เริ่มจากเรา) [4]

For Bangkokbiznews, he wrote 3 columns, which are (Thai: คอลัมน์เก็บไว้ด้วยปลายพู่กัน) during 2008-2010, (Thai: คอลัมน์เด็กหลังห้อง) during 2005-2006, and (Thai: คอลัมน์ที่ชอบ) during 2008-2009. He draws a satirical political cartoon for A Day magazine, which use an international comic character method, to satirize the political situation in Thailand.

Awards

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  • The ESCAP[5] 50th Anniversary Cartoon Exhibition, Third Prize in 1997 in occasion of 50th anniversary of ESCAP[6]
  • The Aydin Dogan Foundation's Cartoon Competition Award 2007, "Success Award", in Turkey.

References

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  1. ^ a b Warat Karuchit, "The Uphill Climb to Reach a Plateau" in: John A. Lent (ed.), Southeast Asian Cartoon Art: History, Trends and Problems. Jefferson: McFarland & company, 2014, p.86
  2. ^ "novel read by Mor". Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Amarin Author Biography". Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Afterword campaigns". Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "unescap".
  6. ^ "50 years celebration unescap".