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Min Thu Wun. Thiri Pyanchi Min Thu Wun ( Burmese: မင်းသုဝဏ်; 10 February 1909 – 15 August 2004) was a Burmese poet, writer and scholar who helped launch a new age literary movement called Khit-San (Testing the Times) in Burma. [2] [3] He is the father of Htin Kyaw, president of Myanmar from 2016 to 2018.
The literature of Myanmar ( Burmese: မြန်မာစာပေ) spans over a millennium. The Burmese language, unlike other Southeast Asian languages (e.g. Thai, Khmer ), adopted words primarily from Pāli rather than from Sanskrit. In addition, Burmese literature tends to reflect local folklore and culture. Burmese literature has ...
Natshinnaung ( Burmese: နတ်သျှင်နောင်, [naʔ ʃɪ̀ɰ̃ nàʊɰ̃]; 1579–1613) was a Toungoo prince who was a noted poet and an accomplished musician, as well as an able military commander. He later became a rebellious ruler of Toungoo, and went over to ally himself with Portuguese at Thanlyin (Syriam). He was ...
Thakin Kodaw Hmaing ( Burmese: သခင်ကိုယ်တော်မှိုင်း, pronounced [θəkʰɪ̀ɰ̃ kòdɔ̀ m̥áiɰ̃]; 23 March 1876 – 23 July 1964) is considered one of the greatest Burmese poets, writers and political leaders in the 20th century history of Burma. He is regarded as the Father of Burmese nationalist ...
Zawgyi ( Burmese: ဇော်ဂျီ, Burmese pronunciation: [zɔ̀d͡ʑì]; born Thein Han ( သိန်းဟန်, [θéiɰ̃ hàɰ̃] ); 12 April 1907 – 26 September 1990) was a distinguished and leading Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic. His name, Zawgyi, refers to a mythical wizard from Burmese ...
poet. Alma mater. No.2 Basic Education High School, Yangon. Notable awards. Literary Translation Award (now National Literature Award) Poetry Prize (now National Literature Award). Spouse. Min Yu Wai. Ngwe Tar Yi ( Burmese: ငွေတာရီ, 16 February 1925 - 19 March 1959) was a Burmese woman poet and writer.
Yadu (poetry) The yadu ( Burmese: ရတု, Burmese pronunciation: [jədṵ]; also spelt ya-du and yatu) is a Burmese form of poetry which consists of up to three stanzas of five lines. The first four lines of a stanza have four syllables each, but the fifth line can have 5, 7, 9, or 11 syllables. A yadu should contain a reference to a season.
Biography. Letwe Thondara was born Myat San ( Burmese: မြတ်စံ [mjaʔ sã̀]) in 1736 or 1737 in the village of Magyidon, near Shwebo, first capital of the Konbaung Dynasty. He died sometime shortly before the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1824, during the reign of Bagyidaw (coronation 1819). He is known to have written about 15 poems ...