Nikom Rayawa

'''Nikom Rayawa''' ({{langx|th|นิคม รายยวา}}; {{RTGS|Ni-khom Raiyawa}}; born 1944 in Sukhothai) is a Thai novelist.

He holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Thammasat University, where he began his writing career. While there, he was the founder of the University's first writer's group. In addition to being a novelist, he has also worked on palm and cocoa plantations as well as being involved in the Thai petroleum industry.<ref>Introduction to novel.</ref>

In 1988, he received the S.E.A. Write Award.

==Writings in English== * ''High Banks, Heavy Logs''; English translation by Richard C. Lair. Australia : Penguin, 1991. {{ISBN|0-14-014727-6}}

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