Native name ဂျူး Nationality Burmese Pen name Ju Period 1979–present Name Ju Ju | Occupation Writer, physician Role Novelist Language Burmese Parents Daw Nyain | |
Born Tin Tin Win (တင်တင်ဝင်း)
20 September 1958 (age 65)
Yenangyaung, Magway Division, Burma ( 1958-09-20 ) Alma mater University of Medicine, Mandalay | ||
Ju (Burmese: ဂျူး; born Tin Tin Win on 20 September 1958) is a Burmese novelist, well known for her strong, intelligent female characters.
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Early life
Ju was born 20 September 1958 in Yenangyaung. She is the third child of U Thaung and Daw Nyain, having five siblings. She graduated from the high school at Yenangyaung in 1975.
Personal life
Despite her interest in writing, upon her mother's prodding, she pursued medical studies at the Mandalay University of Medicine, graduating with an MBBS degree in 1983. She started writing while in medical school University of Medicine, Mandalay and her first short story (ရာဇဝင်ထဲမှာမောင့်ကိုထားရစ်ခဲ့) was published in 1979. Her writing career took off in the late 1980s, with her debut novel, Remembrance (အမှတ်တရ), published in 1987. The bestseller novel stirred controversy for endorsing Western existentialist philosophy and portraying cohabitating unwed couples.
She published fifteen novels (most of them were adapted into films), seven collections of short stories and seven collections of articles on the environment. She currently works as a co-founder of an HIV positive children orphanage and also a participant in the HIV/AIDS Media Initiative and Yadana Metta Foundation. Her writings now focus on environmental conservation.