Pascal Khoo Thwe
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Pascal Khoo Thwe | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) Pekon, Shan State, Burma |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Awards | Kiriyama Prize |
Pascal Khoo Thwe (born 1967)[1] is a Burmese author from the minority Padaung people,[2] known for his autobiographic writings about growing up in Myanmar under military rule.[3] His 2002 memoir, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey, was awarded the Kiriyama Prize.[4]
Biography
[edit]Thwe was born in Pekon, Shan State, Burma (today called Myanmar).[citation needed]
By a chance encounter with John Casey, a Cambridge don, Thwe was rescued[when?] from the jungles of Burma, where he and other student refugees were fighting Burmese soldiers for independence. In 1991, he enrolled at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he received his BA in English literature in 1995. His 2002 autobiographical book, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey,[5] was published by Harper-Collins in 2002.
References
[edit]- ^ From the land of green ghosts: a Burmesa odyssey p10
- ^ The tablet, Volume 246, Issues 7939–7951, 2002, Page 14
- ^ Myanmar (Burma) By Robert Reid, Michael Grosberg 2005 Page 29
- ^ Perspectives on the Novels of Rohinton Mistry By Jaydipsinh Dodiya 2006
- ^ Pascal Khoo Thwe: The Land of Green Ghosts, Radio Netherlands Archives, October 26 2003
External links
[edit]- Pascal Khoo Thwe, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey (2002), ISBN 0-00-711682-9 [1]
- BBC Radio 4: Taking a Stand – BBC journalist Fergal Keane interviews Pascal Khoo Thwe about his life for a radio programme first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 18 December 2007.
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