Anchalee Topeongpong initially earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in German from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. She later continued her studies of language and literature at the University of Bamberg (Otto Friedrich University), earning her doctorate in 2005. During her time in Germany, she taught Thai language and culture as an honorary instructor at the adult education center. She also translated and interpreted at the court.

Since returning to Bangkok, Anchalee has worked as a lecturer of German as a Foreign Language at Ramkhamhaeng University. She has taught in the Master’s program for German-Thai Translation from 2014-2016. She has received numerous scholarships, including one to attend “Kein Kinderspiel! Werkstatt für Übersetzer deutschsprachiger Literatur für junge Leser” (“Not child’s play! Workshop for translators of German-language literature for young readers”) in Hamburg in 2015. She received the Phraya Anuman Rajchadhon Medal in the same year for her literary translation of Atemschaukel (The Hunger Angel). Each year this award recognizes outstanding achievements in literary translation in Thailand.

Previous works:

Ernst Horn: Ein Tiger verliert nie seine Streifen (2022)
Günther Berwanger: Naturwissenschaft und Evangelisation (2020) 
Thomas Melle: Die Welt im Rücken (2019)
Herta Müller: Der Atemschaukel (2012)
Yrsa Sigurdardottir: Das Letzte Ritual (2009)
Arno Geiger: Abschied von Berlin (2008)
Ralf Isau: Jonathan Jabbok III (2008)
Ralf Isau: Jonathan Jabbok II (2007)
Ralf Isau: Jonathan Jabbok I (2003)