Than Swe (historian)

In this Burmese name, the given name is Than Swe. There is no family name.
His Excellency
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 (1941-11-28) 28 November 1941 (age 83)
Tavoy, Tenasserim Division, Japanese Burma (now Dawei, Myanmar)
NationalityBurmese
Parent(s)U Su (father)
Shwe Shwe (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Rangoon
OccupationHistorian, writer, minister

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]

Works

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

  1. ^ "အမေ့ခံဘဝမှ လွတ်မြောက်တော့မည့် အနွယ်တော် အုတ်ဂူများ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 19 September 2018.
  2. ^ Myanmar Historical Commission Conference Proceedings: 12-14 January, 2005. Myanmar Historical Commission, Golden Jubilee Publication Committee. 2005.
  3. ^ "မြန်မာသမိုင်းအဖွဲ့". www.moculture.gov.mm/ (in Burmese).
  4. ^ "ထိပ်စုဘုရားကြီးနဲ့ ထိုင်းဘုရင်လောင်း". BBC News (in Burmese). 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ "တော်ဝင် နန်းသုံး ဗမာစကား". BBC News (in Burmese). 30 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Censored for 20 years, U Nyo Mya bio wins award". The Myanmar Times. 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Maung Than Swe (Dawei)'s Books List". www.myanmarbookshop.com.
  8. ^ "ဒီတပတ်ဖတ်စရာ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 17 February 2017.