PEN Translates Award For New Burmese Story Anthology
Yezet, an anthology of soon-to-be published Burmese short stories is one of 16 recipients of the most recent round of grants from the PEN Translates awards in the UK …
Yezet, an anthology of soon-to-be published Burmese short stories is one of 16 recipients of the most recent round of grants from the PEN Translates awards in the UK …
Ive always admired this building. Perhaps because it stands so out of place in the curve of one of the citys largest roundabouts, far from the downtown townships, where the crush of so many colonial era buildings can often minimise their grandeur. Though the exact date of its construction is unknown, as is the original […]
Yu Ya (1987) is the youngest scion of one of Myanmars most famous literary families. The only woman in Myanmar to hold both a BA and MA in creative writing, she has won awards in interstate poetry competitions at township and state level. She has published over 40 short stories, poems and essays for several […]
Sayar Lay Ko Tin (b.1947) is a writer, editor and translator. Born in Yangon in 1947 he has spent 14 years in prison in the 1960s, 70s and 90s for his political activities. His first poem was published in 1985 in Sabei Phyu magazine and he has since gone on to publish 15 books, fiction, […]
Saw Lambert (1941- 2015) was born in a small village in Karen State close to the Thailand border. As a teenager he boarded in the nearest high-school, forty miles away, and later graduated with a degree in Chemistry from Mawlamyine University in Mon State. Having been denied permission by the Socialist Government to study bookbinding […]