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Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi (Burmese: မှန်နန်း မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, pronounced [m̥àɰ̃náɰ̃ məhà jàzəwɪ̀ɰ̃dɔ̀dʑí]; commonly, Hmannan Yazawin; known in English as the Glass Palace Chronicle) is the first official chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar).
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.
[5] [6] Myanmar Book Centre supplies books and educational materials to 98% of the country's libraries, schools, and universities. [ 6 ] After the 2008 Cyclone Nargis , Thant Thaw Kaung succeeded his father to become head of the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, which seeks to preserve Burmese manuscripts and books.
The book was based on Ba Than's many years' experience as a history teacher, and the research he had done over the years. He had consulted several Burmese chronicles, primarily Hmannan Yazawin and Maha Yazawin, Burmese history books written by British historians (including A.P. Phayre, S.W. Cocks and G.E. Harvey) as well as English translations of Siamese and Lan Na history. [1]
Folding-book manuscripts are a type of writing material historically used in Mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in the areas of present-day Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. They are known as parabaik in Burmese, [ a ] samut thai in Thai [ b ] or samut khoi in Thai and Lao, [ c ] phap sa in Northern Thai and Lao, [ d ] and kraing in Khmer.
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 ...
From 2000 to the end of 2007, he published 63 books. In 2004 the book Brain Storming was released, for which he received the Sayawun Tin Shwe Award . He also won the 2006 Myanmar National Literature Award for his translation of the book The World is Flat (ကမ္ဘာပြားပြီ).
His books include two volumes of short stories published in 1993 and 1997. [1] Nay Myo Thant won first prize in the collected short stories genre in the Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards for 2000. [2] He won third prize for 2006 Collected short stories in the Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award. [3]