Rim Kin

In this Cambodian name, the surname is Rim. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Kin.

Rim Kin (Khmer: រីម គីន; 8 November 1911–28 January 1959) was a Cambodian writer, and one of the founders of Cambodian modern literature.^[1] He was the author of Sophat (Khmer: សូផាត, 1938), the first published novel in Cambodia^[2] to be written in prose rather than the customary verse form.^[3] It became a 1964 movie of the same name. In 1935, the weekly Cambodian newspaper Ratri Thnai Saur (Khmer: រាត្រីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍) was founded and it hosted the first modern serial stories of Kin.^[1] From 1955 through 1957, Kin was the first president of the Khmer Writers' Association.^[4]

Rim Kin
Native name	រីម គីន
Born	(1911-11-08)November 8, 1911 Phnom Penh, French Cambodia
Died	January 28, 1959(1959-01-28) (aged 47) Cambodia
Occupation	Author
Notable works	Sophat (1938)

Partial works

• 1938, Sophat (រឿងសូផាត) ^[1]
• 1943, Samapheavi (សមាភាវី) ^[5]