Than Swe (Burmese: သန်းဆွေ; born 28 November 1941) is a Burmese historian, writer, and a former deputy Minister of Culture of Myanmar.[1] He writes under the pen name Maung Than Swe (Dawei) (မောင်သန်းဆွေ (ထားဝယ်)). He is known for his writings on Burmese history, specializing on the Konbaung period. His well-known works include Konbaung Shindan (Discourse on the Konbaung Period) and Konbaung Alun (Beyond Konbaung). He has published over 50 books during his career.[2] He has also served as vice-chairman of the Myanmar History Commission.[3][4][5] In 2013, he won the Thuta Swezon Literature Award for history with the book Hti Thadin, Nan Thadin.[6]
Than Swe | |
|---|---|
မောင်သန်းဆွေ | |
| Deputy Minister of Culture of Myanmar | |
| In office 2012–2015 | |
| Vice-chairman of the Myanmar History Commission | |
| In office ?–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 November 1941 Tavoy, Tenasserim Division, Japanese Burma (now Dawei, Myanmar) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Parent(s) | U Su (father) Shwe Shwe (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Rangoon |
| Occupation | Historian, writer, minister |
Works edit
Over 50 books including:[7]
- Ratnagiri Khayi-the (Ratnagiri Traveller)
- The Royal Audiences
- Konbaung Alun (Beyond Konbaung)
- Konbaung Shindan (Discourse on the Konbaung Period)
- Nanmadaw Me Nu Shindan (Discourse on Queen Nanmadaw Me Nu)
- The Moon Princess Sao Sanda (ကမ္ဘောဇ မင်းသမီးလေး စဝ်စန္ဒာ)[8]
- Hna-lon-tha San-Ein (The Love Story of Katya & the Prince of Siam)
- Hti Thadin, Nan Thadin ("Palace News")
References edit
- ^ "အမေ့ခံဘဝမှ လွတ်မြောက်တော့မည့် အနွယ်တော် အုတ်ဂူများ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 19 September 2018.
- ^ Myanmar Historical Commission Conference Proceedings: 12-14 January, 2005. Myanmar Historical Commission, Golden Jubilee Publication Committee. 2005.
- ^ "မြန်မာသမိုင်းအဖွဲ့". www.moculture.gov.mm/ (in Burmese).
- ^ "ထိပ်စုဘုရားကြီးနဲ့ ထိုင်းဘုရင်လောင်း". BBC News (in Burmese). 26 October 2017.
- ^ "တော်ဝင် နန်းသုံး ဗမာစကား". BBC News (in Burmese). 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Censored for 20 years, U Nyo Mya bio wins award". The Myanmar Times. 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Maung Than Swe (Dawei)'s Books List". www.myanmarbookshop.com.
- ^ "ဒီတပတ်ဖတ်စရာ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 17 February 2017.