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[6] [7] During the Hkit san movement, University of Rangoon students innovated new styles of writing, with shorter and clearer sentences, and unadorned prose, a radical transformation from royal writings of the pre-colonial eras beforehand. [2] The movement for independence continued to fuel Burmese literature.
Chit Oo Nyo was born Kyaw Swar on 30 December 1947 in Mandalay, Myanmar, the oldest of the seven children, to parents U Shwe Daung Nyo and Daw Sein Yin. [2] Called Kyaw Kyaw when young, [1] he grew up with stories told by his grandma, Daw Aye Kyin, a headmistress at a primary school.
Ma Ma Lay wrote nearly 20 books and many articles and short stories in the monthly magazines. Many of her contemporaries and even younger writers describe her as a genius who could make simple everyday matters into readable, interesting books which reflected the lives and concerns of her readers. [2] Her famous works are: Thu Lo Lu (Like Him ...
Burma Chronicles (French: Chroniques Birmanes) is a 2007 Canadian graphic novel written and illustrated by Guy Delisle. Burma Chronicles is a travelogue about Delisle's time spent in Burma with his young son, Louis, and his wife, Nadège, an administrator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
[5] [6] Myanmar possesses the most extensive historical source material in Southeast Asia, and the Burmese chronicles are the most detailed historical records in the region. [4] [7] [8] Yet much of the extant Burmese records have not been properly maintained, [9] and many of the less well-known chronicles are yet to be studied systematically ...
Tekkatho Phone Naing (Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် ဘုန်းနိုင်, 16 January 1930 – 2002) was a famous Burmese writer, primarily known for lovelorn stories that were most popular in the 1950s to 1970s. His "sad" stories still represent some of the best popular Burmese story writing in the postwar era.
Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.. Mya Than Tint entered Rangoon University in 1948, the year Burma gained independence from Great Britain, and received a degree in philosophy, political science and English literature in 1954.
Myanmar National Literature Award (1971) Naing Win Swe ( Burmese : နိုင်ဝင်းဆွေ ; 1940–1995) was a prominent Burmese writer and poet. He wrote some famous Burmese short stories and novels as revolutionist and patriot.