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
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.
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