Theippan Maung Wa
Theippan Maung Wa | |
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Rangoon College Oxford University | |
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | Khin Than Myint |
Parent(s) | Ohn Shwe Tint |
Theippan Maung Wa (
Early works
He started writing newspaper articles whilst still in high school assuming the pen name Waziya Tint. In 1919, he graduated from the
Theippan Kyaungtha Maung Mya Thwin (Science Student Maung Mya Thwin)
Civil servant and writer
Sein Tin went on to
- Pyissandarit (The Backwaters or Limbo, 1933 Ganda Lawka) was a glimpse at life in a small Burmese fishing village before World War II. It depicts the harsh circumstances in the village and the petty feuds that arose among its inhabitants.
- Leilan Pwè (The Auction, 1933 Ganda Lawka) took place during the colonial period. The story is a depiction and implicit critique of a fishery auction, a Western economic institution not particularly well-suited to the Burmese as the story shows.
- Ma-yway Mi (Eve of Election, 1932) took place before World War II during the colonial period. It describes the political factionalism that was arising among Burmese politicians even at this early date and which would only increase in post-independence Burma.
A collection of 36 of these short stories, published between 1929 and 1941 mostly in Ganda Lawka, became prescribed school text in the 1960s published by Sarpay Beikman Books.[3] His letters to Kyipwayay U Hla between 1933 and 1942 were published by the latter, subsequently known as Ludu U Hla, 3 decades later. U Hla also published Tint Tint Pyazat (Plays by Tint Tint); he had been instrumental in the search for and the eventual publication of Sit Atwin Neizin Hmattan (War Diary) in 1966.[5]
Legacy
Theippan Maung Wa was killed by armed robbers near Shwebo during the Japanese invasion in 1942 on the day after his 43rd birthday.[3]
References
- ^ Anna J. Allot, Ed. (1988). Far Eastern Literatures in the 20th Century. England: Oldcastle Books. p. 2.
- ISBN 978-0-89680-471-5.
- ^ a b c d e Theippan Maung Wa Wuttu Saungba Mya (1965). Rangoon: Sapei Beikman Books, in Burmese. pp. 285–286.
- ^ Maung Swan Yi (2002). ""Chewing the West":The Development of Modern Burmese Literature under the Influence of Western Literature" (PDF). pp. 4, 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2006.
- ^ Ludu Chit Tha Hmya Ludu U Hla Vol.2 (2000) in Burmese inc. a small English section. Mandalay: Kyipwayay Books. pp. 200–202.