Ethnicity Kayan (Padaung) Role Author Name Pascal Thwe | Religion Roman Catholicism Occupation Writer Awards Kiriyama Prize | |
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Born 1967 (age 48–49) Pekon, Shan State, Burma Alma mater Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Books From the land of green ghosts Education Mandalay University, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | ||
Pascal khoo thwe returning to burma
Pascal Khoo Thwe (born 1967) is a Burmese author from the minority Padaung people, known for his autobiographic writings about growing up in Burma under military rule. His book, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey, was awarded the Kiriyama Prize.
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- Pascal khoo thwe returning to burma
- The orwell prize 2010 launch part 11 pascal khoo thwe
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The orwell prize 2010 launch part 11 pascal khoo thwe
Biography
Thwe was born in Pekon (Phekhon, Pekong, Pecong, Pékon), Shan State, Burma (Myanmar). He is the eldest of six sons and five daughters. His father died in 1996 in Thailand.
By a chance encounter with Dr. John Casey, a Cambridge don, Khoo Thwe was rescued from the jungles of Burma where he and other student refugees were fighting Burmese soldiers for independence. In 1991 Khoo Thwe enrolled in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he received his BA in English literature in 1995. Khoo Thwe's autobiographical book "From the Land of Green Ghosts" was published by Harper-Collins in 2002. He currently resides in London.
