Seksan is the author of poetry, stories, and his autobiography, was made into a 2001 movie The Moonhunter.
Early life
Seksan is the son of a fishing-boat builder and a market vendor. He graduated from high school at Chonkanyanakul School in Chonburi province, and received an AFS scholarship. He was an exchange student at a high school in the United States in 1967 and 1968. On his return to Thailand, he gained admission to Thammasat University by virtue of his high scores on the nationwide university entrance exam.
Leading up to 14 October 1973
Sulak Sivaraksa "initiated forums for students to discuss current social issues. Among those attending was Seksan", according to Historical Dictionary of Thailand.[2]
After the Thammasat University Massacre
After the 6 October 1976 Thammasat University Massacre, he took refuge with the communist insurgents in northeastern Thailand. In 1980, the Thai government offered amnesty to those who defected from insurgent movements. Prasertkul would surrender and return home six months after the amnesty began.[3] Upon leaving the insurgency, he referred to himself as "a historical ruin."[3][4] He went to the United States for graduate studies and received a doctorate from Cornell University in 1989. He has since taught political science at Thammasat University, where he is a well known and respected figure.
12Winichakul, Thongchai (2020). Moments of silence: the unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, massacre in Bangkok. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. p.99. ISBN978-0-8248-8234-1.
↑Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk (2022). A History of Thailand (4thed.). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p.220. ISBN978-1-009-01483-0.
