Maung Than Swe

Maung Than Swe (Dawei) (မောင်သန်းဆွေ (ထားဝယ်); born 28 November 1941) is a Burmese historian, writer, and a former deputy Minister of Culture of Myanmar.[1] He is well known for his writing about Burmese history, especially related to the Konbaung dynasty. His famous works include Konbaung Shindan (Konbaung Explanations) and Konbaung Alon (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 Swesone Literature Award for history with the book Hti Thadin Nan Thadin (News of the Throne).[6]

In this Burmese name, the given name is Maung Than Swe. There is no family name.
His Excellency
Maung 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
Tavoy, Tenasserim Division, Burma (now Dawei, Myanmar)
NationalityBurmese
Parent(s)U Sue (father)
Shwe Shwe (mother)
Alma materRangoon University
OccupationHistorians, writer, former union minister

Works

Over 50 books including:[7]

  • Ratnagiri Kha Yee The (Ratnagiri Traveller)
  • The Royal Audiences
  • Konbaung Alon (Beyond Konbaung)
  • Konbaung Shindan (Konbaung Explanations)
  • Nanmadaw Me Nu Shindan (Explanations of Nanmadaw Me Nu)
  • The Moon Princess Sao Sanda (ကမ္ဘောဇမင်းသမီးလေး စဝ်စန္ဒာ)[8]
  • Hna-lone-tha San Eain (The Love Story of Katya & the Prince of Siam)
  • Hti Thadin Nan Thadin (News of the Throne)

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.
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