Career
He produced a variety of works, including short stories, novels, plays, scripts for television dramas, radio dramas and screenplays. He had several pen names, including South. Voradilok, Phrai Visanu and Rapheeporn. He was named a Thailand National Artist for literature in 1991.
His well-known books include Rajinee Boad (Blind Queen).
He also penned the story for Dark Heaven, which was made into both a television drama and a 1958 film, directed by Rattana Pestonji. Suwat was married to singer Pensri Poomchoosri, also a National Artist.
The two married in the 1950s, after they worked together in a theater troupe. The couple had no children of their own, but adopted a child, Chatrachai Woradilok.
In his last years, Suwat suffered from heart disease and diabetes and was confined to bed in his home in Si Racha, Chon Buri Province.
