(photo – compared the photo(left) of the root of the big tree digging out by man for the reason of building the bridge with the photo(right) of big root come out from the ground because of Cyclone Nargis and I was touching…
Category: Literature
Burmese Literature collection with Poems, Essays, Short-Stories, Thoughts, Books, Classics, All Others
A Letter to My Grandfather by Junior Win
(Photo of my grandfather, who was in China in 1967 at that time China Cultural Revolution occurred. He was there with his group sent by the Ministry of Information.) Every day I switched on TV and searched…
The Lost Of Ray Bradbury by Junior Win
I was struck by the news of the death of my favorite writer; Ray Bradbury. I heard the news from Al Jazeeda TV channel this morning. I deeply grieved to learn of his death and I would like to…
Book Review: 1984 by Junior Win
tenth printing of 1984, in December 1953 When I read this book, I wondered and thought that who was behind the screen? Everybody in this book acting as actors and actress played in different role and they were seemed very…
What Biographies Meant to Me by JuniorWin
What Biographies Meant To Me
Thinking Aloud in the Book Shop
When I was a kid and read about scientists as Albert Einstein, Newton, Madame Curie, etc, I felt that their stories encouraged me to interest in books, envy their ambitions, love of knowledge, etc. I did not realized at that time that these were kind of biographies.
The Adventure of my Book Reading by Junior Win
The Adventure of My Book Reading
At last, I chose ‘Desiree’ for my summer-reading.
Desiree – Old book
This book was my mother’s favorite book. She read very thoroughly, I thought, she could speak out by heart some favorite scenes. But the book was very old since then. The last few pages were with tiny holes. Pages turned to yellowish and some pages were loosened from the corners. She had some loosen pages photocopied for convenient reading, I remember. At that time I did not want to read this book, because I was not interested in female heroism stories although I was a female. I did not like romantic story. I also did not like Napoleon. I had many dislikes for this book. Now, my interest turned to history. I loved to read the biographies of historical leaders, dictators,….I decided to read ‘Desiree’ to know what behind history for Napoleon.
Oh Hero, What Art Thou? by PwintPhyu Nandar
Oh Hero, What Art Thou? Heroes are found everywhere. They have been integrated into humanity in both the past and the present, through all types of media, from the heroes of Greek mythology to the heroes of DC…
Medicine Night and the Eclipse of the Moon! (by Junior Win)
The full moon day of NatTaw(9th month of the Burmese Calendar)or 10th December of 2011 was also the medicine night according to the law of Astronomy. It so happened that at that time the full moon day of NatTaw, eclipses…
Burma’s Fearlessness by Khet Mar
The Making of Abhaya: Burma’s Fearlessness by Khet Mar
Abhaya – Burma’s Fearlessness, by James MacKay, with a foreword by Aung San Suu Kyi.
‘My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold The River Irrawaddy’ – Junior Win
The Irrawaddy is the river the most well known and the longest inBurma. It flows along from north to south. It begins where the two rivers Mayka and Maylika meet at the north of Burma at the Kachinstate. The visitors love to see the rencontre of the two rivers. Wecall it ‘MyitSon’ (le rencontre de deux rivieres). This place alwaysattracts people so much.
The Irrawaddy flows north to south, so it passes many towns and manyplaces along streaming. I have little chance to visit ‘MyitSon’. But I have many chances to see the river Irrawaddy when I visit the countries which are near Irrawaddy. My grandmother always pointed the Irrawaddy when we were closed to see it. ‘Look, you see the river flowing there! It is called the river ‘Irrawaddy’.’ I looked what my grandmother was pointing, the river was very wide and never ending flowing. Under the sunshine the surface of the river was as shine as gold. If we saw the river Irrawaddy at the night, the river seemed flowing silently and the surface of the river as glow as lightening under the moon lit night.
‘As We Like it’ : Junior Win
Long time ago, we, the whole family travelled many regions of Burma especially middle part. Mandalay, Sitkaing, Monywa were mainly visited. We spent many days to visit pagodas there. Sometimes we stayed at the cottage or lodging of our grandparents’ native friend. Sometimes we stayed at the monastery.
3 Years Under the Japs by Khin Myo Chit
Book Review by JuniorWin
(Left: the old cover of “Three Years Under the Japs;” it had “Published by KHIN MYO Chit, 24 Zabuzi Street, SANCHAUNG” and “printing at THE ROYAL STATIONARY, 408-410 Dalhousie Street, RANGOON” written on the back. The addresses are now hard to find. They contain the old memories of our grandparents, despite the fact that they lived in the place for only a year or two. Right: The new cover of the book in 2011.)
Junior Win : I am a writer in Burma
Junior Win: I am a writer in BurmaI start my writing since 1996 at the AtwayAmyin monthly magazine. AtwayAmyin(thought) magazine is like Readers Digest magazine. It contains about 30 articles published monthly.
I have now 7 books published in Burma. All are in Burmese. My published books contained about Science, Science and Technology, history of planes, Myself, Translations of my grandmother’ books, dictionary of mathematics and so on.
Burmese Poetry by Khin Aung Aye and Pandora
sampsoniaway.org http://www.sampsoniaway.org/literary-voices/2011/08/23/burmese-poetry-khin-aung-aye-and-pandora/
Ant Maung – Thakhin Ohn Myint Poem
Thakhin Ohn Myint Ant Maung September 19th, 2010 Thakhin Ohn Myint Abadoned medical student life To wriggle as a journalist Took part in student and youth conventions Unfurled the peacock banner JournalGyaw Hand in hand with U Chit Maung…