Arts and media

Creators

Khmer and Cambodian diaspora writers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, chefs and artists.

Watercolor of an artist studio with an easel, a film camera, a chapei lute and a typewriter
Illustration inspired by an arts school in Battambang.

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Loung Ung

A Cambodian American memoirist and activist whose trilogy traces survival under the Khmer Rouge and life afterward in the United States.

Chef Nak

A Cambodian chef and culinary author who documents Khmer home and royal cooking.

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4 creators

Author, Educator

Chheng Phon ឆេង ផុន

Cambodia

Cambodian dramatist and educator who rebuilt the country's arts schools and performing arts repertoire after the Khmer Rouge period.

Educator, Master practitioner

Hun Pen

Cambodia

Cambodian classical dancer in the neang (female) role, choreographer and researcher of the post-1979 dance revival.

Educator, Musician

Patrick Kersalé

Cambodia

French ethnomusicologist whose Sounds of Angkor project reconstructs Khmer instruments documented in temple reliefs.

Oral historian, Scholar

Theresa de Langis

Cambodia

Scholar of women, peace and security who leads the Cambodian Women's Oral History Project.

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