Mya Than Tint
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| Born | May 23, 1929 Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar |
| Died | 18 February 1998 (aged 68) Yangon, Myanmar |
| Pen name | Mya Than |
| Occupation | novelist , translator |
| Writing period | 1993-present |
| Genres | Romance, Short story , Translation |
| Notable work(s) | Dataung Ko Kyaw Ywe, Mee Pinle Ko Phyat Mi (Across the Mountain of Swords and the Sea of Fire) (1973) |
| Notable award(s) | 1972 , 1978 , 1989 , 1993 , 1995 : National Literature Award (5 times) |
| Spouse(s) | Khin Ma Ma , Daw |
Mya Than Tint (Burmese: 
; MLCTS: mya. than: tin.) is widely considered to be one of the greatest Burmese writers and translators of the 20th century.
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[edit] Biography
Mya Than Tint was born on May 23, 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar. His birth name was Mya Than. His writing career began in 1949 when his first short novel “Refugee” was published in Tara (Star) Magazine. He published many short and full length novels, documentaries and translated works in his 50 year writing career. Dataung Ko Kyaw Ywe, Mee Pinle Ko Phyat Mi (Across the Mountain of Swords and the Sea of Fire) (1973) is considered to be his greatest masterpiece. He also wrote historical documentaries like “Breeze on Taung-Ta-Man Lake”.
Also a prolific translator of Western works into Burmese, Mya Than Tint introduced the Burmese to the world classics like War and Peace, Gone with the Wind , Dream of the Red Chamber, etc. He won the Myanmar National Literature Award five times for translation War and Peace(1972) , Gone with the Wind (1978) , Dream of the Red Chamber (1988) , City of Joy (1992) and Beyond Love (1995).
Mya Than Tint was jailed from 1963 to 1972 by the military regime that seized power in 1962, serving time in Yangon's Insein Prison and on the Coco Islands penal colony in the Indian Ocean. He died in Yangon of a brain hemorrhage on 18 February 1998. [1]
[edit] Novels
Well Known Burmese Novels by Mya Than Tint
- Dataung Ko Kyaw Ywe, Mee Pinle Ko Phyat Mi- (Across the Mountain of Swords and the Sea of Fire) (1973)
- Amaung Yeik Waie- (In the Dark Shadow) (1960)
- A-nyataya Yoke Pon Lwa - (Images of ordinary Burmese people)
- Like Kae Toke Mya Nanda- (Run with me , Mya Nanda) (1960)
- Khit Pyang Yoke Pone Lwa - (Images of our Modern Era)
- Pone Taung Pone Nya Twa Taw Lar - (Travelogue of Ponw Taung Pone Nya)
- Taung Taman Shwe Inn Ka Laynyin Saw Toke- (Breeze on Taung-Ta-Man Lake) (1999)
His collection of short stories Anyataya Yoke Pon Lwa (Images of ordinary Burmese people) has been translated in English named On the Road to Mandalay.
[edit] Translations
Well Known Works of Translation into Burmese
| No | Burmese Name | No. of Volumes | Original Novel | Original Author | Note |
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| 1 | Sait Nink Nyein Chan Yae | 12 Vols: | War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | 1972 National Literature Award for Best Translation |
| 2 | Lay Yuu Thon Thon | 2 Vols: | Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell | 1978 National Literature Award for Best Translation |
| 3 | Pari Kya Sone Kan | 3 Vols: | The Fall of Paris | Ilya Ehrenburg | |
| 4 | Shwe Pyi Taw Myaw Tie Wai | 8 Vols: | The Far Pavilions | M. M. Kaye | |
| 5 | Lay Lwint Thu | - | The Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger | |
| 6 | Mainma Toe Akawn | 2 Vols: | The Second Sex | Simone de Beauvoir | |
| 7 | Kan Saung Ne Einmet | 9 Vols: | Dream of the Red Chamber | Cao Xueqin | 1988 National Literature Award for Best Translation |
| 8 | Thuka Myo Taw | 2 Vols: | City of Joy | Dominique Lapierre | 1992 National Literature Award for Best Translation |
| 9 | A Chit Moe Kaung Kin | 2 Vols: | Beyond Love | Dominique Lapierre | 1995 National Literature Award for Best Translation |
| 10 | Lwan Hmaw Khae Ya thaw Tet Ka Tho Nway Nya Myar | 3 Vols: | The Class | Erich Segal | |
| 11 | Lu Mya Thetkayet Mya Nink Bawa | 4 Vols: | Memories:Men, Years - Life | Ilya Ehrenburg | |
| 12 | Ea-ka-yi Pwae Saw | - | She Was a Queen | Maurice Collis | |
| 13 | Chit Taw Ywun Khin Khin | - | the Lacquer Lady | F. Tennyson Jesse | |
| 14 | A-ywe Ma Taing Me | - | Childhood | Maxim Gorky | |
| 15 | Bon-Lae Ta Khwan | - | My Apprenticeship | Maxim Gorky | |
| 16 | Bawa Takkatho | - | My Universities | Maxim Gorky |
Sherlock Holmes series into 5 Volumes -
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- His Last Bow
- The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
[edit] Quotes
- "Since my childhood, I believe that writing is the most honourable job and honour doesn’t mean material wealth, but honest and truthful dignity."
- "I will not exchange my job as a writer for anything."
- "I wouldn’t do now and I won’t do in the future."
