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Keng Vannsak

Cambodian writer (1925-2008) · Cambodia · On the map · Writers · Died at 83

Keng Vannsak was a Cambodian scholar, philosopher and Khmer linguist. He invented the Khmer typewriter keyboard in 1952. He lived in exile in Paris, France, from 1970 until his death in 2008.

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He died at the age of eighty-three at the hospital of Montmorency in the outskirts of Paris after suffering from a chronic illness.

Country
Cambodia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2008 · aged 83