Pann Kyar Wutt Hmone (also spelt Pan Kyar Wut Hmone; Burmese: ပန်းကြာဝတ်မှုန်) is a romantic campus novel written by Burmese author Khin Khin Htoo. Set most of its storyline in Mandalay[3] and Mandalay Arts and Science University, the novel was adapted into the 2011 film of the same name.[4] The book was first published in 2008 by Duwun Publication.

Pann Kyar Wutt Hmone
Book cover
AuthorKhin Khin Htoo
Original titleပန်းကြာဝတ်မှုန်
CountryBurma
LanguageBurmese
Release number
3
Genre
PublisherDuwun
Publication date
2008 (first edition)[1]
July 2019 (third edition)[2]
Pages546 (third edition)[2]

Synopsis edit

Plot edit

The story is set in three timelines: 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Main characters edit

  • Aung Naing Thu, a descent of then-demolished Shan Saopha family, is a student at Mandalay University, majoring in Burmese literature.
  • Thiri May is a chemistry major student at Mandalay University.

Legacy edit

Film version edit

Directed by Sin Yaw Mg Mg,[5] the novel's film adaptation was released in 2011.[6] Starred by Nine Nine and Thet Mon Myint as Aung Naing Thu and Thiri May respectively,[3] the film won the Myanmar academy awards in two categories: Best Cinematography and Best Sound.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Save The Library in Myanmar | Books. ပန်းကြာဝတ်မှုန် By ခင်ခင်ထူး". savethelibrarymyanmar.org. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "ပန်းကြာဝတ်မှုန်". Pann Satt Lann Books (in Burmese). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "အကယ်ဒမီ ရန်ကုန်မှာ ကျင်းပမယ် - BBC Burmese - မြန်မာ့ရေးရာ". www.bbc.com (in Burmese). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ဒီတစ်ပတ် ရုံတင်ပြသနေသော ရုပ်ရှင်ကားများ". The Myanmar Times. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ "အကယ်ဒမီကို သူတို့ ဘာတွေပြောကြမလဲ (၃)". The Irrawaddy. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "၂၀၁၁ ခုနှစ်အတွက် မြန်မာ့ ရုပ်ရှင် ထူးချွန်ဆု ပေးပွဲ - BBC Burmese - မြန်မာ့ရေးရာ". www.bbc.com (in Burmese). Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "'ထာဝရအလင်းတန်းများ' ဒီနှစ် အကယ်ဒမီ ၈ ဆုရ". VOA Burmese (in Burmese). Retrieved 26 August 2021.