San Shwe Baw holds a B.A. in English from the Institute of Education, Yangon, Burma, an advanced diploma in English Language Teaching (DELT) from the University of Leeds, U.K., and an M.A. in TESOL from St. Michael’s College, U.S.A. He retired slightly over a year and a half ago as an Assistant Professor at the Theodore Maria School of Arts, Assumption University, Thailand, where he served for nearly three decades. Before moving to Thailand in 1994, he spent twelve years as an English tutor at Yangon University and Sittwe College. His English language teaching articles have been published in both Thailand and the United States. San Shwe Baw is the author of five novels: The Astrologer’s Predictions, Enslaved by English, Love by Fate, I Gave My Life for Thee, and A Candle in Darkness. These works have been published by Myat Su Mon Sarpay, Global Ahlin, Myanmar Book Center, Seikku Cho Cho, and Juty Sarpay in Myanmar. His fourth novel, I Gave My Life for Thee, the English translation of the Burmese novel Myay Si Mel Mel Thway Yel Yel, won the prestigious 10th Mekong Literary Award. Additionally, two more books translated from Burmese to English are expected to be published by March this year, further expanding his contributions to multilingual literature.
