Myanmar’s poet, artist Maung Day on social realities, reconstructing narratives, and the art of translation.
Poet, artist Maung Day
Ep.75 | Poet and artist Maung Day talked with me from his home in Yangon, Myanmar which is also formerly known as Burma. We began our conversation about what was driving him to draw, the ugly and the beautiful, how he reconstructives narratives through poetry and drawings, and the challenge of translation between languages and domains.
MAUNG DAY is an acclaimed poet and visual artist hailing from Myanmar. He has penned a number of poetry books in Burmese, and some of his English poems have appeared in journals such as Guernica, The Margins, The Awl, Shampoo, Mekong Review, and more. His art practice encompasses drawing, painting, installation, video, and photography. He has shown his artwork in Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Germany, Australia, and Myanmar. He last showed his artwork at SEA Focus 2023 and ART SG 2023, both held in Singapore. His first full-length collection of poems written in English titled Death in Summer is coming out in September, 2023, from Chin Music Press.
Father Turned Us Into Plants, Maung Day
Lost Children (Thrown in the River), Maung Day
A Tuk-Tuk ride in Sittww, Maung Day, 2022
Dog Found the Murdered Body of His Master on the Beach, Maung Day
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