Juntree Siriboonrod was a Thai

Thai people

The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

 novelist. He is regarded as the "father of Thai science fiction

Science fiction

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Life

Juntree began his career as a civil servant in the Mineral Fuels Division (now the Department of Mineral Fuels of the Ministry of Energy) of the Thai government. He began writing novels and science-related articles in limited circulation as a senior high school science teacher at the Kenneth Mackensie School in Lampang Province

Lampang Province

Lampang is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon.-Geography:...

. In 1945, he collaborated on the magazine Witthayasat Mahatsachan alongside Dr Preecha Amatyakul, then Assistant Secretariat of the Science Society of Thailand. Under this name he published works of science fiction, science-related articles and biographies on scientists, continuing to do so until his resignation in 1959.

Works

1. Lok Thalom
2. Phu Dap Duang Athit
   Phu Dap Duang Athit
   Phu Dap Duang Athit is a compilation of short science fiction stories by Juntree Siriboonrod in the Thai language. Characters in the stories are either all Thai or led by Thai protagonists...
   
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3. Phu Phop Phaendin*
4. Manut Khu
5. Phu Sang Anakhot

Works marked with an asterisk were selected for the 88 Good Thai Science Books  list.

Juntree Siriboonrod Award

In 2005, Nanmee Books Co. Ltd. along with the Science Writers & Publisher Forum (SciPub), the Science Society of Thailand Under the Patronage of His Majesty the King, the Junior Science Talent Project (JSTP) and the Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency

Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency

The National Science and Technology Development Agency is an agency of the government of Thailand which supports research in science and technology and their application in the Thai economy.From the agency's website:...

established the Juntree Siriboonrod Award for achievements in the field of Thai science fiction.