San Lin Tun is the only writer I know in Myanmar who writes exclusively in English. His story, ‘An Overheated Heart’ which appeared in Hidden Words, Hidden Words: Contemporary Short Stories from Myanmar, was, I think, the first he had published in Burmese …
The British Council, in collaboration with Millennium Centres, leading Myanmar authors and regional literature associations, is spearheading a three year literature project named, ‘H² – Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds’, with the goal of supporting freedom of expression in ethnic Myanmar literature and it’s showcasing abroad through short story workshops in the regional languages …