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ko ko thett

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Yangon, Myanmar

Website

https://kokothett.webs.com

Genre

Poetry

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ko ko thett is a poet by choice and Burmese by chance. In between he is a poetry editor, literary translator, and anthologist of contemporary Burmese poetry.

In 1995, whilst studying engineering at the Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT), thett began editing and publishing Old Gold, a campus samizdat in Burmese. In the aftermath of Funeral of Old Gold, his second chapbook, he was arrested and detained for his involvement in the December 1996 student uprising. After his release in April 1997, he left both YIT and Burma for Singapore and then Bangkok, where he spent three years working for the Jesuit Refugee Service Asia Pacific. In 2000, thett went to Finland where he took up peace and conflict studies at the University of Helsinki, before ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 271 ratings · 54 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	West: Animalia by Sigrid Rausing (Editor/Introduction), Steven Dunn (Contributor), Christina Wood Martinez (Contributor) 3.68 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988-2021) by ko ko thett (Editor), Brian Haman (Editor) 4.64 avg rating — 64 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In The Back of My Throat by Norman Erikson Pasaribu (Editor), Tatevik Sargsyan (Editor), Zar Mose 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bones Will Crow: An Anthology of Burmese Poetry by James Byrne (Editor), ko ko thett (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burden of Being Burmese 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bamboophobia 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picking off new shoots will not stop the spring: Witness Poems and Essays from Burma/Myanmar (1988–2021) by ko ko thett, Brian Haman (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporary Burmese Poets by ko ko thett, James Byrne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Armee schiesst nicht in die Luft by ko ko thett (Editor), Brian Haman (Editor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beatrice Minda Dark Whispers /anglais/allemand 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Generosity, altruism, and courage are the backbone of any struggle against tyranny.”
― ko ko thett, Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring: Witness poems and essays from Burma/Myanmar

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