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Description: "The literature of Burma (or Myanmar) spans over a millennium. Burmese literature was historically influenced by Indian and Thai cultures, as seen in many works, such as the Ramayana. 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 historically been a very important aspect of Burmese life steeped in the Pali Canon of Buddhism. Traditionally, Burmese children were educated by monks in monasteries in towns and villages. During British colonial rule, instruction was formalised and unified, and often bilingual, in both English and Burmese known as Anglo-Vernacular. Burmese literature played a key role in disseminating nationalism among the Burmese during the colonial era, with writers such as Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, an outspoken critic of British colonialism in Burma. Beginning soon after self-rule, government censorship in Burma has been heavy, stifling literary expression..."
Source/publisher: Wikipedia
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-24
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Description: "Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds ? or H2 - is a unique, nation-wide project that uses literature as a platform to support freedom of expression, creativity and social change in Burma?s ethnic nationality states. Over the past two years, in collaboration with the British Council sponsored Millennium Centres and ethnic culture and literature associations, local community members in the ethnic states have participated in short story construction workshops. Stories in the ethnic languages generated from these workshops were selected and translated into Burmese. After months of proofreading and editing an anthology of these new voices from the ethnic states was published. Titled Hidden Words, Hidden Worlds the anthology features 28 original short stories, 21 in Burmese translation, in 11 different languages and 10 distinct scripts. In what may be the biggest book launch held in Burma, over 300 people attended the celebration of the publication in September 2015. 1000 copies of the anthology have been printed, with copies being distributed for free to the ethnic states through our ethnic literature group partners and also through the mobile libraries to ensure everybody across the nation gets an opportunity to read this unique collection. Over the coming months, book launches will be held in the ethnic states, while the English translation of 14 of the stories will begin in October 2015 with a possible UK publication of the first anthology of translated ethnic nationality stories from Myanmar."
Source/publisher: British Council - Burma
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-24
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Description: "The emergence of exiled Karen language media is recent but significant as a site for the production and maintenance of Burmese Karen identities. The two main Karen-language/Karen-owned media groups in exile are Kwekalu and the Karen Information Centre, both of which operate within the Karen struggle for self-determination and as part of Burma?s democratic mediascape in exile. While these media groups are part of the Karen struggle, they play a broader role in being a container for expressions of cultural identity for the contributors and audience, many of whom are in the diaspora. Within both media, hta is a popular form of expression and provides an insight into ways in which Karenness is positioned outside the homeland..."
Creator/author: Violet Cho
Source/publisher: Poetry International Rotterdam
2013-07-27
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-15
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Creator/author: Hans-Bernd Zoellner (ed)
Source/publisher: Myanmar Literature Project
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Language: English, Burmese, German
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Description: Obituary, including a selected bibliography.
Creator/author: Ko Ko Thett
Source/publisher: Poetry International Rotterdam
2013-08-25
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-15
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Description: Writers... Associations... In Translation... Events... Projects......"Nobody can explain what sadaik is and why it was created better than Amitav Ghosh, ? Burma is suddenly the focus of the world?s attention, I find it saddening that the talk about the country is so much focused on politics, money and power rivalries. Myanmar?s writers, and all that they did to keep their compatriots? spirits alive seem hardly to figure in the story, at least in the manner of its telling in the international media." Would it be possible to speak of the end of the Soviet Union without mentioning Solzhenitsyn? Can we think of the fall of the Iron Curtain without thinking of Milan Kundera and a host of other writers? The writers of Myanmar played just as significant a part in bringing about the changes that are now sweeping the country as their counterparts did in Eastern Europe and Russia. That this is so little recognized says a great deal about the world?s vision of culture in Asia. Sadaik, therefore,is a contemporary manuscript chest for the digital world; an online home for the leaves of today?s Myanmar writers. Through news articles, reviews, projects and interviews, sadaik seeks to showcase the literary community in Myanmar and the individuals and institutions that work to promote Myanmar literature and their authors from outside the country..."
Source/publisher: Sadaik
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-24
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Description: "Professor U Pe Maung Tin (1888-1973): The Life and Work of an Outstanding Burmese Scholar" Anna Allott (PDF full article) In 1998, Daw Tin Tin Myaing (Brenda Stanley), the youngest daughter of the late Burmese scholar U Pe Maung Tin, organized a symposium at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies to honor the achievements of her father. U Pe Maung Tin grew up as a Christian, but mastered Pali, the language of Buddhism, early in his career. This led him to become one of the world?s leading translators of Pali texts into English and interpreter of Buddhist doctrine to Western scholars. This article by guest editor and former student Anna Allott outlines U Pe Maung Tin?s life and work as a Pali scholar, lifelong student and promoter of the Burmese language, historian, linguist, phonetician, teacher, and editor. "Professor U Pe Maung Tin: A Gentle Genius, A Meek Master" Alan Saw U (PDF full article) U Pe Maung Tin?s accomplishments as a Burmese scholar are well-documented. Less so are his teachings and writings about Christianity and the Christian ministry in Burma. Alan Saw U, executive secretary and editor of the Myanmar Christian Literary Society, reflects on U Pe Maung Tin?s life as a leading figure in the Anglican Church in Burma. "U Pe Maung Tin: Researcher, Scholar, Pedagogue: His Contribution to Burmese Studies in France" Denise Bernot (PDF full article) U Pe Maung Tin possessed, by nature, all of the qualities of an erudite researcher: he was always ready to learn more; constantly trying to deepen his understanding; frequently opening a new line of inquiry; and in his work, at once rigorous and bold. U Pe Maung Tin never allowed himself to become a prisoner of tradition, though he knew perfectly the traditions of his own country and masterfully assimilated those of Great Britain. Convention never obstructed him from stating a scientific truth or doing the morally right thing. For those reasons, he left behind a legacy of lasting valuable research. "U Pe Maung Tin?s and Luce?s "GlassPalace Revisited" U Tun Aung Chain (PDF full article) A leading contemporary Burmese historian, U Aung Chain Tun offers a thoughtful and illuminating perspective on U Pe Maung Tin?s translation ion of The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma with G.H. Luce. "Notes on Dipavamsa: An Early Publication by U Pe Maung Tin" Tilman Frasch (PDF full article) While trolling a Burmese market, German scholar Tilman Frasch unexpectedly found a battered copy of U Pe Maung Tin?s first work, Notes on Dipavamsa, a text that opened new doors to scholarship on the history and literature of Theravada Buddhism - and set U Pe Maung Tin on a long and fruitful journey as Burma?s leading scholar of the 20th century. "U Pe Maung Tin Bibliography" Patricia M. Herbert (PDF full article) From age 23 until his death at 84, U Pe Maung Tin was a prodigious writer and editor in both Burmese and English. He was the editor of the important Journal of the Burma Research Society. He wrote the first book on Burmese phonetics. With G.H. Luce, he edited Inscriptions of Burma and translated The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma. This invaluable annotated bibliography lists these and more than 200 other works by U Pe Maung Tin, a dramatic illustration of the legacy of this important Burmese scholar. "Text, Lineage, and Tradition in Burma: The Struggle for Norms and Religious Legitimacy Under King," Bodawphaya (1782-1819) Jacques P. Leider (PDF full article) Jacques P. Leider is a French historian following in the footsteps of U Pe Maung Tin, who pioneered the academic study of Burmese history through the editing, translating, and interpreting of primary textual sources. Leider examines a little-studied period of Burmese history, the reign of King Bodawphaya, whose radical attempts at religious reform laid the groundwork for the later 19th century monastic reform movement in Burma. Volumes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 publications > journal of burma studies > abstracts by volume > volume 9 ABSTRACTS: VOLUME 9
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9, (2004)
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-08
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Description: This and other issues carry literary texts and commentary from Burma
Source/publisher: The Dissident Blog
Date of entry/update: 2016-04-26
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Description: "Breaking with our conventional approach to this series, we?ve decided to start expanding the notion of ?Artist?. This week we speak to an incredibly talented Burmese poet called Ko Ko Thett about his new collection of poetry, ?The Burden of Being Burmese?..."
Source/publisher: The Scribbler
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-15
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Description: "It is with great pride that we present this, the first issue of the Journal of Burmese Scholarship (Thi saq myin hnan) to public intellectuals and scholars of Burma. We hope, with this and the issues to come, to make a significant contribution to the many admirable efforts now underway in Myanmar to create a vibrant, daring, and critical public sphere of the highest standards. The formula that we begin with is designed to foster a long- lasting intellectual community and civil debate around critical themes of central concern to Myanmar’s public life and future development. Each issue of the Journal is the culmination of one or more thematic workshops bringing together scholars, journalists, novelists, poets, scientists, and public intellectuals who have had something original and important to say on the topic. At a workshop, these participants present their work to one another, absorb what the other participants have to say through discussion and debate and then revise their own work accordingly. The result, in Burmese and in English, is then edited and published, both digitally and physically. It is especially fitting, then, that our first thematic issue is devoted to poverty in Myanmar, its sources, its extent and, above all, the lived experience of poverty among ordinary citizens. It is our intention to let the light come in from any and all intellectual windows: the arts, fiction, verse, lyrics, social science, economics, anthropology, history, memoirs. Our premise is that no discipline or specialty has a monopoly on truth or insight and that the more carefully crafted perspectives we can accommodate the more light we will shed. Among the other themes/workshops either underway or contemplated are: 1. Intellectuals, Technocrats and Rulers 2. Military Memoirs and Burmese History 3. Popular History from Below and Marginality 4. The Development of Burmese Arts and Letters 1930-2010 5.Student Activism: Aspirations, Representation and Prospects from Colonialism to the ”Opening.” 6. Federalism, Ethnic Identity, and Nationalism 7. History of Prisons and Prison Literature from the Colonial Period to Today. In some respects we see ourselves as reviving, under a new name, the precious tradition of the Journal of the Burma Research Society, founded in 1910 and abolished in 1979 by the military regime. For the better part of a century, that journal was an open forum for scholars, professional and amateur, Burmese and non- Burmese, historians, social scientists, literary critiques, archeologists and we value the opportunity to recreate, for a new era, the open bazaar of quality work that its journal represented. The idea for such a journal arose in October 2011 at a meeting of seven Burmese scholars in the diaspora and three Western scholars of Burma, before the “opening.” Once it became clear that political conditions might allow us to operate in Myanmar with open participation, we added six members to the organizing committee and now plan to publish a physical journal based in Yangon. We have all observed, first-hand, the tremendous intellectual energy and organizational initiatives (little societies, discussion groups, NGO’s, charities, etc.) that have burst into the open over the past several years. We hope that out small initiative will contribute in a small way to this hopeful and energetic public culture....."
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Source/publisher: Pansodan Books (Volume 1 Number 1)
2016-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2021-10-10
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Description: "... Book contents: Chapter (1) Rangoon, Chapter (2) Amenities of Rangoon, Chapter (3) Across the Yomas to Taungdwingyi, Chapter (4) Life in a Burmese Market town, Chapter (5) Jungle life at Kokogon, Chapter (6) Through the forest to Pyinmana, Chapter (7) One thousand mile up the Irrawaddy, Chapter (8) One thousand mile up the Irrasaddy II, Chapter (9) Two Capitals, Chapter (10) Some other towns, Chapter (11) A month on the Lashio Line, Chapter (12) Camping in the Northern Shan State, Chapter (13) The Burman..."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
1905-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-12
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Description: "The book is a Children Picture Dictionary, it written in English and in Shan with pictures to help children easier to understand...."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
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Date of entry/update: 2019-11-09
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Description: "The book is a Children Picture Dictionary, it written in English and in Shan with pictures to help children easier to understand...."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
2011-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-09
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Description: "... This book is very basic Shan reader which use in the informal learning sector, easy to use it both teacher and students...."
1980-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-09
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Description: ".. New Tai Reader Basic Book was published in 1993, dedicated to the Tai people of East India...."
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Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
1993-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-09
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Description: "...Golden Mountain White Tiger in Shan..."
Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
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Date of entry/update: 2019-11-02
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Description: "..How to count Shan calendar..."
Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
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Date of entry/update: 2019-11-02
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Description: ".... Mundane Occult Pictures Scripture in Shan ....."
Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
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Date of entry/update: 2019-11-02
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Description: "...Shan astrology written in old script.."
Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
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Date of entry/update: 2019-11-02
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Description: "Contents: what is leader, what are criteria of a good leader, types of leadership styles, leadership and powers......"
Source/publisher: Kham Koo Website
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Date of entry/update: 2019-10-19
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Description: "Andrew Selth outlines why past generations? accumulated literary and scholarly work on Myanmar is at risk of being lost — and what this might mean for the country?s future." ... "There is an old Myanmar saying that ?wisdom is in the literature?.[1] This was particularly the case before 1988, when the country was virtually closed to foreigners and fieldwork of any kind was very difficult. The Internet was still in its infancy and Myanmar-watchers of all kinds were heavily reliant on books, serials and other documentary sources, both to acquire information and to present their findings to a wider audience. Access to Myanmar is now much easier and the past few decades have seen a flood of foreign officials, scholars and others intent on conducting primary research. As noted on New Mandala, this has contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of books, reports and articles written about the country. A new Griffith Asia Institute study lists over 1,800 monographs published in English alone, and in hard copy, over the past 25 years.[2] At the same time, however, there is an increasing danger that the accumulated knowledge of earlier generations of Myanmar-watchers will become dispersed, if not actually lost..."
Creator/author: Andrew Selth
Source/publisher: "New Mandala"
2017-03-21
Date of entry/update: 2017-04-27
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Language: English
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Description: Adult Literacy Project. Chin Association for Christian Communication. "There are seven States and seven Division in Myanmar. Chin State is one of the States. There are nine townships in Chin State of which the people of the three townships Hakha, Thantlang, Matupi speak the Lai language. Beside these townships, there are also Lai speaking communities in Falam, Paletwa and Mindat townships in Chin State, and in Rakhine State and Magwe and Sagaing Divisions within Myanmar..."
Creator/author: Bawi Hu
2001-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-17
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Description: Abstract: "History, language, and literature are inseparable. Undoubtedly, historian represents the past via language and employs literature as historical evidence. The late Dr.Than Tun, the highly respected and prominent Myanmar historian, was trained in a positivist fashion under the supervision of D.G.E. Hall and G.H. Luce, the leading colonial scholars. Hence, his treatment of literature fundamentally confined to and empirical historical framework, attaching great importance to its factual data and historicity. Nonetheless, some of his writings reveal that he did not neglect discussing how to trace back and interpret Myanmar history from fictional genres of the past, for example, myth, legend and folklore. He suggests that pre-­‐Buddhist elements of pre-­‐literate societies are preserved in those traditional songs, fables, proverbs, riddles and customs. Moreover, to study the history of Myanmar literature is supposed to begin with the earliest form of literature, the oral tradition. While his copious historical research was primarily based on very formal literary evidence, for instance, inscriptions, royal orders, first-­‐hand accounts, contemporary historical documents on tax, revenue, demography and even tombstones, when he wrote his works he preferred to write in the colloquial Myanmar form. He advocated Ludu U Hla?s campaign for simple and accessible writings for people. He also urged his pupils to write theses in the colloquial language. This paper attempts to analyze Dr.Than Tun?s perception of Myanmar language and literature in a light of the historical context of Myanmar society.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Pamaree Surakiat
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-20
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Language: English
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Description: Introduction: "Myanmar language is derived from Tibeto-Chinese family of languages. Myanmar language is tone language because high and low tones determine different meanings of words. Besides Myanmar Language has sayings, proverbs and metaphors like other languages. The usage of ?Ger A ye who is beaten by her mother? is the metaphor of Myanmar Language.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Mon Mon Aung
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-20
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Language: English
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Description: Describes Myanmar social life and customs, such as offering cool drinking water for travellers along the roadside. This custom reveals the hospitablity of Myanmar people. A similar attitude is reflected in offering sanctuary to all homeless creatures, be they cows, birds, dogs or even insects.....Key Words: 1. Myanmar essay... 2. social life and customs
Creator/author: Zawgyi
Source/publisher: "Collected Works of Saya Zawgyi", Vol.1, pp59-63, 1993, Union of Myanmar Literary and Journalist Organization via University of Washington
1993-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-01
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Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ (Metadata: English and Burmese)
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Description: "Daw Amar—born November 29, 1915, Mandalay, Burma; died April 7, 2008, Mandalay, Burma... Ludu (?The People?) Daw Amar a revered and eminent Burmese author died in Mandalay, Burma at the age of 92. She was respected throughout the country by people from all walks of life, not only for her writings but also for her courageous stand on literary, political and cultural causes..."
Creator/author: Myint Zan
Source/publisher: Legal Studies Forum, Vol. 33, pp. 397-401, 2009
2009-11-07
Date of entry/update: 2014-08-22
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Description: "Dr. U Hla Pe, Emeritus Professor of Burmese in the University of London, died peacefully at his home in Moulmein (Mawlamyine), Burma, on 31 July 2007. He was 94 years old. Saya Hla Pe worked in or for School of Oriental and African Studies for 41 of those years, before retiring to live in Burma in 1980. He wrote numerous articles, gave many talks both at SOAS and elsewhere, and taught a succession of devoted students. His most substantial publications are Konmara Pya Zat, vol 1, Introduction and translation (London 1952), which is a study of Burmese dramatic literature in the 1870s, and the six fascicules of the unfinished Burmese-English dictionary (London, 1941-1981)..."
Creator/author: John Okell
Source/publisher: SOAS BULLETIN OF BURMA RESEARCH 5, 2007
2007-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-10-01
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Description: Minn Latt Yekhaun was one of the first three Burmese students to study in Prague during the 1950s. Despite his tragic death more than 20 years ago, his influence on Burmese-Czech relations remains to this day
Creator/author: Aung Zaw
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 18, No. 9
2010-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-09-09
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Description: While trolling a Burmese market, German scholar Tilman Frasch unexpectedly found a battered copy of U Pe Maung Tin?s first work, Notes on Dipavamsa, a text that opened new doors to scholarship on the history and literature of Theravada Buddhism?s leading scholar of the 20th century.
Creator/author: Tilman Frasch
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9, 2004
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Description: U Pe Maung Tin?s accomplishments as a Burmese scholar are well-documented. Less so are his teachings and writings about Christianity and the Christian ministry in Burma. Alan Saw U, executive secretary and editor of the Myanmar Christian Literary Society, reflects on U Pe Maung Tin?s life as a leading figure in the Anglican Church in Burma.
Creator/author: Alan Saw U
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9, 2004
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Description: Jacques P. Leider is a French historian following in the footsteps of U Pe Maung Tin, who pioneered the academic study of Burmese history through the editing, translating, and interpreting of primary textual sources. Leider examines a little-studied period of Burmese history, the reign of King Bodawphaya, whose radical attempts at religious reform laid the groundwork for the later 19th century monastic reform movement in Burma.
Creator/author: Jacques P. Leider
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9 (2004)
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Description: "U Pe Maung Tin possessed, by nature, all of the qualities of an erudite researcher: he was always ready to learn more; constantly trying to deepen his understanding; frequently opening a new line of inquiry; and in his work, at once rigorous and bold. U Pe Maung Tin never allowed himself to become a prisoner of tradition, though he knew perfectly the traditions of his own country and masterfully assimilated those of Great Britain. Convention never obstructed him from stating a scientific truth or doing the morally right thing. For those reasons, he left behind a legacy of lasting valuable research."
Creator/author: Denise Bernot
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9 (2004)
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Language: English
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Description: From age 23 until his death at 84, U Pe Maung Tin was a prodigious writer and editor in both Burmese and English. He was the editor of the important Journal of the Burma Research Society. He wrote the first book on Burmese phonetics. With G.H. Luce, he edited Inscriptions of Burma and translated The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma. This invaluable annotated bibliography lists these and more than 200 other works by U Pe Maung Tin, a dramatic illustration of the legacy of this important Burmese scholar.
Creator/author: Patricia M. Herbert
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9, (2004)
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Language: English
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Description: Abstract: "A leading contemporary Burmese historian, U Aung Chain Tun offers a thoughtful and illuminating perspective on U Pe Maung Tinâ�?„?s translation ion of The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma with G.H. Luce."
Creator/author: U Tun Aung Chain
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9, 2004
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
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Description: Introduction to the Special Issue and Outline of U Pe Maung Tin?s life...In 1998, Daw Tin Tin Myaing (Brenda Stanley), the youngest daughter of the late Burmese scholar U Pe Maung Tin, organized a symposium at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies to honor the achievements of her father. U Pe Maung Tin grew up as a Christian, but mastered Pali, the language of Buddhism, early in his career. This led him to become one of the worldâ�?„?s leading translators of Pali texts into English and interpreter of Buddhist doctrine to Western scholars. This article by guest editor and former student Anna Allott outlines U Pe Maung Tinâ�?„?s life and work as a Pali scholar, lifelong student and promoter of the Burmese language, historian, linguist, phonetician, teacher, and editor.
Creator/author: Anna Allott
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 9, 2004
2004-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-12-31
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Language: English
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Description: "In Burma, with the onset of the cool season in November, a government appointed National Literary Award Scrutinizing Committee announces the National Literary Award winners. Despite the absence of freedom of expression and the restrictions on public gatherings, past and current prize winners enthusiastically tour the country to give speeches, and join panel discussions on literature..."
Creator/author: Yeni
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 1
2005-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2005-08-10
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Language: English
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Description: By searching for George Orwell?s past, Emma Larkin reveals his relevance to Burma?s present... Review of Secret Histories. Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Teashop, by Emma Larkin. John Murray, London: 2004: 232 pp. "It?s not a bad way to spend one?s time, becoming a habitu้ of teashops, chatting to other bibliophiles, intellectuals, students, and the occasional nasty official. These unique spaces of Burmese life are the primary sources for Emma Larkin?s rich new book, Secret Histories, as she follows the trail of George Orwell?s time in colonial Burma..."
Creator/author: David Scott Mathieson
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 12, No. 10
2004-11-00
Date of entry/update: 2005-01-31
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Language: English
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Description: The career of Burma?s modern literary pioneer was marked by contradiction.
Creator/author: Htain Linn
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 12, No. 4, April 2004
2004-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2004-07-22
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Description: "Steeped in tradition and stifled by repression, Burma?s literary culture remains defiant despite its seeming silence...Journalists in Rangoon say a combination of factors have pushed the works of revolutionary writers like Bamaw Tin Aung and Bohmu Chit Kaung, which once shaped the political ideologies of Burma?s youth, to the back bins, while at the same time putting a stress on the country?s rich literary tradition. Due to the perils of being associated with politics in Burma, many young people now eschew the sensitive topic for fear of retribution and imprisonment. This same fear has resulted in even fewer people pursuing writing careers, as the lives of writers are also heavily scrutinized. Writers, publishers and bookstore owners say they impose strict self-censorship on themselves in order to stay out of trouble...Despite the pressures facing writers in Burma today, nobody in Rangoon feels that the country?s rich literary tradition is facing extinction. The resiliency of the Burmese spirit can be seen as writers continue to put pen to paper even in the knowledge that they face potential imprisonment and a lifetime of harassment..."
Creator/author: Tony Broadmoor
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 6
2003-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-06
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Language: English
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Description: The author, the former editor of the recently banned Thintbawa magazine, pays homage to celebrated poet Tin Moe in this article first published shortly after the latter?s release from prison in 1995.
Creator/author: Tin Maung Than. Part One
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 9. No. 1
2001-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: The Irrawaddy recently spoke to celebrated author Maung Tha Ya, who recently left Burma after more than a decade of fears that writing anything new would be "like giving the government a noose" to hang him. Noted for his itinerant lifestyle as well as his naturalistic literary style, he told us about his past and his plans for the future.
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 7. No. 6
1999-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Dagon Taya is not just Burma?s greatest living writer; he is also a towering figure of 20th century Burmese literary history. After decades of attacks from critics and political pponents, his conviction that writers must respond tothe social and political realities of their times remains as strong as ever, writes Irrawaddy culture editor Min Zin.
Creator/author: Min Zin
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No. 7
2000-07-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "What Amitav Ghosh?s novel "The Glass Palace" lacks in emotional intensity, it makes up for in breadth, covering the story of three generations of families in Burma, Malaya and India, and the historical forces that shaped the colonial era..."
Creator/author: Karen Connelly
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 9
2002-11-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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