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Yangon, Myanmar
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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
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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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