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Sayar Lay Ko Tin

writer Profile: Sayar Lay Ko Tin

writer Profile: Sayar Lay Ko Tin

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, […]

On The Last Days Of Politicians

On The Last Days Of Politicians

‘Censorship, in any form, is an evil beast.  Not only does it steal a writer of their words, it deprives a reader of the writer.  Sayar Lay Ko Tin is one of those writers who Myanmar has the sad legacy of silencing more than most countries.  And by that I mean not just the decades […]