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Wendy Law-Yone

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Wendy Law-Yone


Born
Mandalay, Myanmar
Genre
Literature & Fiction


Wendy Law-Yone (born 1947) is a critically acclaimed Burmese American author of novels and short stories.

The daughter of notable Burmese newspaper publisher, editor and politician Edward Michael Law-Yone, Law-Yone was born in Mandalay but grew up in Rangoon. Law-Yone has indicated that her father's imprisonment under the military regime limited her options in the country. She was barred from university, but not allowed to leave the country. In 1967, an attempt to escape to Thailand failed and she was imprisoned, but managed to leave Burma as a stateless person. She relocated to the United States in 1973, settling in Washington D.C. after attending college in Florida. In 1987, she was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Liter ...more

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Average rating: 3.49 · 533 ratings · 74 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors
The Road to Wanting
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Golden Parasol
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“It isn't discomfort, or dis-ease as he put it. It's this aching, throbbing, god-awful incurable pain - and it's known as life. When will the doctors learn: It isn't death that's the disease.”
― Wendy Law-Yone
tags: death, depression, illness, life, life-and-death, pain, suffering
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