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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29 creators

Educator, Tradition bearer

Sisowath Kossamak ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ កុសុមៈ

Cambodia

Cambodian queen credited with choreographing the modern apsara dance and sustaining the royal dance troupe.

Author, Educator

Sokunthary Svay

United States

Khmer American poet, librettist and scholar who co-founded the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association.

Author, Educator

Sue J. Kim

United States

Professor of English who directs the Southeast Asian Digital Archive and its oral history collecting in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Author, Educator

Tracy Guan

United States

Children's book author and founder of Tangerine and Jade Press, publisher of Khmer-themed picture books.

Educator, Master practitioner

Voan Savay វ័ន សាវ៉ៃ

Cambodia

Khmer classical dancer and teacher who carried the royal dance repertoire through the refugee camps and into diaspora schools.

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