Writer Profile: Sein Sein
Sein Sein (b.1928 – 1972) was one of the most successful of the second generation of 20th Century female Burmese writers (a generation that included Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay and Khin Hnin Yu) …
Burmese Writers
Writer Profile: Sein Sein
Writer Profile: Kyaw Swar Htet
Kyaw Swar Htet (b. 1957) is another short story specialist from the second city of Mandalay. A medical doctor by training, his short stories, at least until 2000, were originally written in a blend of romance and medicine …
Writer Profile: Chaw Ei Man
Chaw Ei Man (Mandalay) was born in 1973. Her first short story ‘No Affection’ was published in Myit Tan Shin magazine in 1998 and two years later her first full collection titled ‘Realistic Dreams and Other Stories’, culminating in a prestigious Shwe Amyutae award for ‘Fly to Mandalay’.
Writer Profile: Khin Mya Zin
Khin Mya Zin (b.1956) is a poetess, painter and short story writer. Her first short story was published in 1974 while another 4 years later ‘Mother is a Teacher’ was translated into Japanese and Russian …
Thakin Kodaw Hmaing Mausoleum
In the pantheon of great Burmese writers from the 20th century, one stands tall above all others. The unofficial literature laureate of the Bama, a typesetter, a playwright, a journalist, a poet and a novelist, Thakin Kodaw Hmaing straddled two literary worlds …