Saya U Wun (Minthuwun)

He is a scholar and a distinguished poet.
His mentor is Saya U Pe Maung Tin, who successfully proposed to Rangoon University to establish the Burmese Department.
He studied at RU and Oxford University.
He headed the Translation Department, Rangoon University.
He served as Professor of Burmese, Rangoon University and as Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Japan.
He founded “Khit San Sar Pay” with Saya Zaw Gyi (U Thein Han) and Theikpan Maung Wa (ICS U Sein Tin).
At one gathering, Sayagyi U Pe Maung Tin introduced the trio as “my three bright students, who are more talented than me.”
His friends include Saya Dr. Hla Pe, Professor at SOAS University of London and U Tet Tut, who persuaded the British Museum to return artifacts to Burma for display at the National Archives.
He is a Laureate Poet.
Many aspiring poets learned from his poems (“Pyinma Ngoak Toe”, …) and books such as “Su Tu Pyu”.
His literary friends led by “K” (BBS U Khin Zaw) and Tet Toe translated and published his poems and his classic short story “Bagyi Aung Nyar De”.

He is a linguist and a lexicographer. His passion was to compile a comprehensive Burmese dictionary. Due to resource constraints, he could only partially complete his pet project.
At the invitation of “Chit Mann Nwe” (Professor Harada, Osaka University), he taught and researched at Osaka University with Professor Harada and his team. His works include the Japanese – Burmese Dictionary and several research papers.
Professor Harada never forgot his roots and used “Mann” (Mandalay) in his pen name. He won a literary prize in Japan for translating “Thway” into Japanese.

He named his younger son as Htin Kyaw / Peter Wun / Maung Po / Dalaban. U Htin Kyaw wrote with the pen name “Dalaban”. He represented the Institute of Economics in Swimming, Water Polo and Rowing. He also played Tennis. He worked at the Institute of Economics, UCC, HIC and FERD. He helped run Daw Khin Kyi Foundation. He is a former President of Myanmar.

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