Creator
Khing Hoc Dy
Cambodian scholar of Khmer literature
Khing Hoc Dy (ឃីង ហុកឌី) is a Cambodian scholar of Khmer literature.[1] He was born in 1945.[2]
Career
He taught Khmer literature in Phnom Penh.[2] He earned a doctorate from Sorbonne Paris III University in 1974.[1]
He was a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research from 1985 until he retired in 2010,[1] a research fellow there in 1989,[2] and in one of its laboratories from 2010 to 2016.[3]
He was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Cambodia and served as an adviser to the Buddhist Institute (វិទ្យាស្ថានពុទ្ធសាសនបណ្ឌិត្យ).[1]
Works
He writes in Khmer and French.[3] His books include Contes et légendes du pays khmer (1989).[1] The two volumes of his history of Khmer literature, Contribution à l’histoire de la littérature khmère, appeared in 1991 and 1993.[1] His books also include Kram Ngoy et ses œuvres (2008).[1]
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