Ratchanee Sripraiwan

Ratchanee Sripraiwan (Thai: รัชนี ศรีไพรวรรณ, 11 March 1930 – 15 April 2014) was a Thai language scholar, writer and academic. She was the author of Mana Manee Piti Choojai, a series of Thai language textbooks which were used in primary schools throughout Thailand for grades 1 through 6 from 1978 until 1994.^[1] Her books were also used to create Thai language curriculum in Australia.^[1] She was awarded the Narathip Award in 2013 for her contributions.^[1]

Sripraiwan was born in

Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand.^[1] She attended primary school and elementary school in Maha Sarakham Province. She then attended Wang Chankasem teacher training school.^[1] She also studied at College of Education, which is now known as Srinakharinwirot University, in Bangkok.^[1]

Ratchanee Sripraiwan died at Vichaiyuth Hospital in Bangkok on 15 April 2014, at the age of 84.[1]

In 2016, she was featured as a Google Doodle on what would have been her 86th birthday.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Thai language scholar Ratchanee dies". Bangkok Post. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
^ "Ratchanee Sripaiwan's 86th Birthday". Doodles Archive, Google. 11 March 2016.

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[bpost-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Thai language scholar Ratchanee dies". Bangkok Post. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

[2] "Ratchanee Sripaiwan's 86th Birthday". Doodles Archive, Google. 11 March 2016.

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