Edith Clampton
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Mrs. Edith Clampton was a pseudonymous
writer to the "Post Bag" (the letters to the editor section) of the Thai
English newspaper, the Bangkok Post
. Because of her frequent, comedically opinionated and often bizarre letters she came to be identified with the paper's letters page.
She first appeared in the early 1990s and continued contributing on a casual basis until 1996. Her regular appearances, portrayed as an upper-class, conservative expatriate
with two servants, "Khun Hazel" and "Khun Parker", kept Post Bag pages topical and controversial. A collection of her letters and replies was published by the newspaper in 1996. Although the editorial staff of the newspaper were made aware of the true identity of Mrs. Clampton, in order to avoid publishing forgeries, the creator of the nom de plume remains a secret.
Pseudonym
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writer to the "Post Bag" (the letters to the editor section) of the Thai
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
English newspaper, the Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post is a broadsheet, English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue was sold on August 1, 1946. It had four pages and cost 1 baht, a considerable amount at the time....
. Because of her frequent, comedically opinionated and often bizarre letters she came to be identified with the paper's letters page.
She first appeared in the early 1990s and continued contributing on a casual basis until 1996. Her regular appearances, portrayed as an upper-class, conservative expatriate
Expatriate
An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
with two servants, "Khun Hazel" and "Khun Parker", kept Post Bag pages topical and controversial. A collection of her letters and replies was published by the newspaper in 1996. Although the editorial staff of the newspaper were made aware of the true identity of Mrs. Clampton, in order to avoid publishing forgeries, the creator of the nom de plume remains a secret.