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Nou Hach (26 June 1916 – 1975), (នូ ហាច), was a Cambodian novelist and diplomat. He had written a number of award-winning novels such as "The Wilted Flowers, 1949" which was made and "My Beloved Mealea, 1972".

He invented the Khmer typewriter keyboard in 1952. He had lived in exile in Paris, France, from 1970 until his death in 2008. He died at the age of eighty-three at Montmorency hospital in Paris after suffering from a chronic illness.

In modern Cambodia, Keng Vannsak is known for being one of the influential figures for the next generations of Cambodian scholars and intellectuals. He left behind him a legacy in literature, including two drama plays, short stories, many poems and his research from the 1940s.

Biography
Keng Vannak was born in a small village in Kampong Cham province on 19 September 1925, the same year when Pol Pot was born. Vannsak mentored Pol Pot while both were in France. Both of them appeared to share an opinion on "original Khmer", considering Buddhism and Hinduism had contaminated the Khmer original culture.

Career
In 1952,