Tuesday, February 26, 2019

U On Pe--Modern Burmese Literature, 1958


U On Pe--Modern Burmese Literature, 1958

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1958/02/modern-burmese-literature/306830/

The only Burmese literature class I took in my entire life, in my first year of college at Rangoon University, pretty much covered all these writers, but not all.

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We have a saying for this in Burmese: What was written by hands has been erased by the feet."

Burmese and Thai think lower body parts like feet are not as worthy as the head.