Ludu Daw Amar - Publications

Publications

Daw Amar had written several books including biographies, travelogues, treatises on traditional Burmese culture, and numerous articles in various magazines, some of them autobiographical and many collected into books later.

1. Thamada Ho Chi Minh - President Ho Chi Minh 1950
2. Hsoshalit taingpyi mya tho - To the Socialist Lands 1963
3. Pyithu chit thaw anupyinnya themya - Artistes that People Loved 1964; it won the national award for Literature on Burmese Culture and Arts in the same year.
4. Aung Bala, Po Sein, Sein Gadoun - Theatre performers of the same names 1967
5. Shwe Yoe, Ba Galay - Artists of the same names in 2 volumes 1969
6. Shweman Tin Maung - Theatre performer of the same name 1970
7. Anyeint - Traditional open air performance in 2 volumes 1973
8. Gaba akyizoun sa ouk - The World's Biggest Book 1973, English translation by Dr. Than Tun 1974
9. Shwedaungtaung Articles 1975, translated into Japanese by Yasuko Dobashi aka Yin Yin Mya 1994
10. Sayagyi Thakin Kodaw Hmaing - a biography of Thakin Kodaw Hmaing 1976
11. Chindwin hma pinle tho - From the Chindwin to the Sea: a travelogue 1985
12. Myanma Mahagita - Burma's Classical Music 1989
13. Sayleik nè Lutha - Tobacco and Man, co-authored with U Hla (Daw Amar smoked from 8 years of age till her 40s)
14. Mandalaythu Mandalaytha mya - Mandalayans 1991
15. Yadanabon Mandalay, Mandalay, Kyama do Mandalay - Mandalay, Our Mandalay 1993
16. Thathana dazaun Sayadaw gyi mya - The Royal Teachers (Buddhist Abbots): the Light of Sasana 1994
17. Kyama do nge nge ga - When We Were Young 1994
18. Taung Layloun hma Natkyun ahti ahmattaya ahmasaga - From Taung Layloun to Natkyun: Words to Remember
19. Gaba akyizoun kyauk sindudaw - The World's Biggest Stone Image 1996
20. Myanma hkithit bagyi - Modern Burmese Art 1997
21. Amei shaysaga - Mother's Words of Old in 2 volumes 1997, vol 3 2007
22. Shissè thoun hnit shissè thoun gun - Eighty Three Years Eighty Three Words 1998
23. Taung Asha badinbauk mya - Windows on South Asia 1990
24. Nge ga kyun dè hkinpunthe tho - My Husband My Young Love 2001
25. Hsè hnapwè zaythe hnint kyama do anya - The Twelve-Season Festival Traders and Our Upcountry 2002
26. Lwanthu sa - Nostalgia 2003
27. Sa ouk sainga luwin luhtwet atway amyin hsaungba mya - Customers in a Bookstore: Musings 2004]
28. Mya Myint Zu Short Stories 2006

Translated works from English include:

1. Trials in Burma by Maurice Collis in 2 volumes 1938
2. Sandamala by Maurice Collis 1940
3. Wheat and Soldiers by Hino Ashihei 1945
4. The Rainbow by Wanda Wasilewska 1945
5. The Challenge of Red China by Gunther Stein in 2 volumes 1949
6. In the Name of Peace by Archie John Stone 1953
7. Listen Yankees by C. Wright Mills 1963
8. Cash and Violence in Laos by Anna Lewis Strong 1963
9. The Other Side of the River by Edgar Snow 1966
10. Memoirs of China in Revolution by Chester Ronning 1979
11. African Short Stories 1989
12. Thai Short Stories in 2 volumes 1992 - 1993

Magazine articles:

1. Kyama Yay Thamya Thu Bawa Ludu U Hla - My Profile on the Life of Ludu U Hla in Shwe Amyutei