ko ko thett

  • Asia
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Burma
  • Asia
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Myanmar
Burmese

ko ko thett (poet, translator; Myanmar) has won a PEN Translation Award for Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets (2012), co-edited with James Byrne. His The Burden of Being Burmese (2015) explores the untenable notion of ‘‘Burmese.’’ After working in South East Asia and Europe, ko ko thett returned to his native Yangon. He writes in both Burmese and English. His participation is made possible by the Open Society Foundation.

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Victor Shen

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