Ye Yint Thet Zwe

Ye Yint Thet Zwe (Burmese: ရဲရင့္သက္ဇြဲ; MLCTS: yeyintthetzwe) (born 1965 in Yangon, Myanmar) is a Burmese poet currently based in Helsinki.

Ye Yint studied Myanmar Literature at the Correspondent University of Yangon until 1988, when the student revolution (commonly known as the 8888 Uprising) began and Ye Yint became part of the student army. In 1990, he left Burma (also known as Myanmar) for political reasons and has lived in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and finally in Finland, where he currently lives.

In Tokyo, Ye Yint founded the independent Burmese library 'Ahara' with the help of other writers as a way to preserve their heritage. He was also editor of Ahara magazine, second chairman of Burmese Workers Union in Japan, part of Burma Media Association, and also a supporter member of the student army of Myanmar and Thailand border (ABSDF).

Ye Yint has also been editor, journalist and photographer for the Burma Today News Media based in New York City, and poetry collaborator for MMM Media, Yoma 3 News Media, Dawn O Way Magazine and Moe Makha Online Media Magazine. Texts of Ye Yint have been included in poetry compilations such as 5 flowers, 8888 commemoration, Saffron revolution and The Sorrows of European Nights Suffering.

Ye Yint has been very active between the literary community, participating in many experimental literary events and slam poetry festivals in Finland. In 2015, he was invited to the Runokuu (Poetry Moon) international poetry festival in Helsinki reading his work in collaboration with the electronic musicians Romulus Chiciuk and Alejandro Montes de Oca.

Ye Yint Thet Zwe's poetry was subject for the poetry film "The Journey of a Broken Bird" directed by Mexican engineer and photographer Jaime Culebro. The film, released in 2016, tells the story about Julia and Ye Yint's journey over the streets of Helsinki.