Thant Myint-U

In this Burmese name, the given name is Thant Myint-U. There is no family name.
Thant Myint-U
‹See Tfd›သန့်မြင့်ဦး
Born (1966-01-31) 31 January 1966 (age 58)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
University of Cambridge
Known forHistorian
Conservationist (colonial architecture)
SpouseSofia Busch
ChildrenThurayn-Harri
Parent(s)Tyn Myint-U
Aye Aye Thant
RelativesU Thant (grandfather)
Khin Lay Myint-U (sister)
A-thi Myint-U (sister)
Aye Myint Myint-U (sister)
AwardsFukuoka Grand Prize
Padma Shri

Thant Myint-U (Burmese: သန့်မြင့်ဦး [θa̰ɰ̃ mjɪ̰ɰ̃ ʔú]; born 31 January 1966) is a Burmese-American historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, former Myanmar peace process mediator, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He has authored five books, including The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma and Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia.[2][3][4] He founded the Yangon Heritage Trust in 2012 to protect built heritage and promote urban planning in the Burmese commercial capital of Yangon.[5] He is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge and United Nations Special Adviser on Humanitarian Diplomacy. [6] [7]

  1. ^ https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/fellows/master-fellows/honorary-fellows/
  2. ^ Siddhartha Deb, "Where China Meets India", The Guardian, 19 August 2011
  3. ^ "Thant Myint-U, Amish Tripathi rule book charts". Hindustan Times. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  4. ^ John Lancaster, "Walled Off: Can Burma Escape Its History?", The New Yorker, 11 December 2006
    Nicholas Shakespeare, "Burma: A Poisoned Shangri-la", The Sunday Telegraph, 11 March 2007
    Su Lin Lewis, "Meteoric Fall", Times Literary Supplement, 13 April 2007.
  5. ^ "Historic Yangon cityscape thrown a lifeline". Mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  6. ^ https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/christs-welcomes-three-distinguished-visiting-scholars
  7. ^ https://www.diis.dk/en/event/reimagining-the-united-nations-past-present-and-future