Douangdeuane Bounyavong

Douangdeuane Bounyavong (Lao ດວງເດືອນ ບຸນຍາວົງສ "Dūangdư̄an Bunyāvong", born 11 June 1947, also known by her maiden name Douangdeuane Viravong), pen name Dok Ked "(Dō̜kkēt)", is a Laotian writer. She married to Outhine Bounyavong, known for a contemporary Laotian fiction writer. She has written poems, several textiles books and novels and transcribed numerous traditional stories, of which the best-known is Kam Pha Phi Noi ('The Little Orphan and the Spirit’). She is engaged in literacy, e.g. by participating at the Big Brother Mouse project, and participates on running a publishing house and a shop providing children's books in Lao language. 
In 2005, Peace Women Across the Globe selected her as one of the thousand peace women from Asia Pacific region. She was awarded with the "Fukukoa Art and Culture Prize". She is also a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award. 