▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁for ▁his ▁collection ▁of ▁short ▁stories , ▁Ph a end in ▁U en ▁( An other ▁Land ). ▁His ▁name ▁is ▁sometimes ▁transl iter ated ▁as ▁Kan og p ong ▁Songs omp untu . ▁ ▁His ▁other ▁major ▁work ▁was ▁S ap han ▁K hard ▁( The ▁Bro ken ▁Bridge ), ▁which ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁Japanese . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life , ▁education ▁Kan ok ph ong ▁completed ▁his ▁primary ▁education ▁at ▁Wat ▁P ik ul th ong ▁School ▁and ▁his ▁secondary ▁education ▁at ▁Ph at th al ung ▁School . ▁ ▁He ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁poem , ▁Kh w am j ing ▁The e ▁Pen ▁P ai ▁( The ▁Tr uth ▁That ▁Is ), ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 5 ▁in ▁a ▁local ▁newspaper . ▁By ▁age ▁ 1 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁co - found ers ▁of ▁the ▁N akh on ▁Group , ▁a ▁local ▁panel ▁of ▁academ ics ▁and ▁writers ▁dedicated ▁to ▁conser ving ▁culture ▁and ▁literature ▁in ▁N akh on ▁Si ▁Th am mar at . ▁The ▁group ▁evol ved ▁into ▁a ▁publishing ▁company . ▁ ▁He ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁short ▁story , ▁Du j ▁T aw an ▁An ▁Jo ed ja ▁( Like ▁the ▁Burn ing ▁Sun ), ▁in ▁Mat ich on ▁Week ly . ▁Several ▁more ▁short ▁stories ▁appeared ▁in ▁various ▁mag az ines . ▁ ▁He ▁attended ▁Prince ▁of ▁Song k la ▁University , ▁studying ▁management ▁science , ▁but ▁dropped ▁out ▁to ▁further ▁develop ▁his ▁writing ▁by ▁trav