Vibhavadi Rangsit | |
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Princess of Thailand | |
Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit
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Born |
Bangkok, Siam |
November 20, 1920
Died | February 16, 1977 Surat Thani, Thailand |
(aged 56)
Spouse | Prince Piyarangsit Rangsit (m. 1946; d. 1977) |
Issue | Vibhananda Rangsit Priyanandana Rangsit |
House | House of Chakri |
Father | Rajani Chamcharas, Prince Bidyalongkorn |
Mother | Princess Barabimalabanna Voravan |
Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit (Thai: วิภาวดีรังสิต; rtgs: Wiphawadi Rangsit; 20 November 1920 – 16 February 1977), née Princess Vibhavadi Rajani (Thai: วิภาวดี รัชนี; rtgs: Wiphawadi Ratchani) is a Thai writer and a member of the Thai royal family well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand.
She was killed by communist insurgents while on a routine visit to assist rural villagers in Surat Thani Province.
Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit was born on 20 November 1920. She is the eldest daughter of Rajani Chamcharas, Prince Bidyalongkorn and Princess Phonphimonphan Rajani (née Princess Phimonphan Worawan). She had a sibling, Prince Bhisadej Rajani.
The Princess was educated at the Mater Dei School, Bangkok. After completing her secondary education, she worked as a secretary for her father, who at the time was one of the most respected poets of the Rattanakosin era and wrote under the pseudonym No. Mo. So. (NMS; นมส.). Princess Vibhavadi inherited her father’s gift for writing and displayed her ability as early as age of fourteen, when she began writing children's novels. She was well known by her pen-name V. na Pramuanmarg (ว. ณ ประมวญมารค Wo Na Pramuanmak). Her famous first novel, Prisana (ปริศนา Pritsana), was written when she was eighteen and was followed by two sequels and many other novels, some of them historical.