Description:
"A Burmese artist from a prominent Shan family is currently exhibiting his paintings in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. Sawan Yawnghwe is the grandson of Sao Shwe Thaik, the first president of the Union of Burma following independence in 1948, who was assassinated following Gen Ne Win?s military coup in 1962. Fleeing persecution in Burma, Sawan?s family went into exile when he was an infant, first in Chiang Mai, then in Canada..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 7
Date of Publication:
2010-07-00
Date of entry:
2010-08-30
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
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Language:
English