Ju (writer)

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Ju
Native name ဂျူး
Born Tin Tin Win (တင်တင်ဝင်း)
(1958-09-20) 20 September 1958
Yenangyaung, Magway Division, Burma
Pen name Ju
Occupation Writer, physician
Language Burmese
Nationality Burmese
Alma mater Mandalay University of Medicine
Period 1979–present
Genre Romance, short story
Notable works A Hmat T'ya (Remembrance) (1987)

Ju (Burmese: ဂျူး; born Tin Tin Win on 20 September 1958) is a Burmese novelist,[1][2] well known for her strong, intelligent female characters.

Early life

Ju was born 20 September 1958 in Yenangyaung.[3] She is the third child of U Thaung and Daw Nyain, having five siblings. She graduated from the high school at Yenangyaung in 1975.[3]

Personal life

Despite her interest in writing, upon her mother's prodding, she pursued medical studies at the Mandalay University of Medicine, graduating with an MBBS degree in 1983.[1] She started writing while in medical school University of Medicine, Mandalay and her first short story (ရာဇဝင်ထဲမှာမောင့်ကိုထားရစ်ခဲ့) was published in 1979. Her writing career took off in the late 1980s, with her debut novel, Remembrance (အမှတ်တရ), published in 1987.[1][4] The bestseller novel stirred controversy for endorsing Western existentialist philosophy and portraying cohabitating unwed couples.[4][5]

She published fifteen novels (most of them were adapted into films), seven collections of short stories and seven collections of articles on the environment.[5] She currently works as a co-founder of an HIV positive children orphanage and also a participant in the HIV/AIDS Media Initiative and Yadana Metta Foundation.[6] Her writings now focus on environmental conservation.[4]

Works

Novels

Novella

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ဂျူး". Yatanarpon (in Burmese). 25 March 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. "50 outstanding Myanmar women". Myanmar Times. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Collections of Magway's Art and Science". 1 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Burma’s Influential Figures". The Irrawaddy. December 2003. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 Thanegi (2008). "Selected Myanmar Short Stories". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. "Ju". Retrieved 20 May 2013.

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