Than Swe (historian)

{{Short description|Burmese historian}}

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|honorific-prefix = His Excellency

|name = Than Swe

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| native_name = {{lang|my|မောင်သန်းဆွေ}}

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|office = Deputy Minister of Culture of Myanmar

|term_start = 2012

|term_end = 2015

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|office2 = Vice-chairman of the Myanmar History Commission

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|11|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tavoy, Tenasserim Division, Japanese Burma {{small|(now Dawei, Myanmar)}}

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| nationality = Burmese

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|relations =

| parents = U Su (father)
Shwe Shwe (mother)

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| occupation = Historian, writer, minister

| alma_mater = University of Rangoon

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Than Swe ({{langx|my|သန်းဆွေ}}; born 28 November 1941) is a Burmese historian, writer, and a former deputy Minister of Culture of Myanmar.{{cite news |title=အမေ့ခံဘဝမှ လွတ်မြောက်တော့မည့် အနွယ်တော် အုတ်ဂူများ|url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/article/2018/09/19/170174.html |work=The Irrawaddy |date=19 September 2018|language=my}} He writes under the pen name Maung Than Swe (Dawei) (မောင်သန်းဆွေ (ထားဝယ်)). He is known for his writings on Burmese history, specializing on the Konbaung period. His well-known works include Konbaung Shindan (Discourse on the Konbaung Period) and Konbaung Alun (Beyond Konbaung). He has published over 50 books during his career.{{cite book |title=Myanmar Historical Commission Conference Proceedings: 12-14 January, 2005 |year=2005 |publisher=Myanmar Historical Commission, Golden Jubilee Publication Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmtuAAAAMAAJ |language=en}} He has also served as vice-chairman of the Myanmar History Commission.{{cite web |title=မြန်မာသမိုင်းအဖွဲ့ |url=http://www.moculture.gov.mm/?page_id=181 |website=www.moculture.gov.mm/|language=my}}{{cite news |title=ထိပ်စုဘုရားကြီးနဲ့ ထိုင်းဘုရင်လောင်း |url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/media-41763672 |work=BBC News |date=26 October 2017 |language=my}}{{cite news |title=တော်ဝင် နန်းသုံး ဗမာစကား |url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/burma/2011/04/110430_alinkar21 |work=BBC News |date=30 April 2011 |language=my}} In 2013, he won the Thuta Swezon Literature Award for history with the book Hti Thadin, Nan Thadin.{{cite news |title=Censored for 20 years, U Nyo Mya bio wins award |url=https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/6740-censored-for-20-years-u-nyo-mya-bio-wins-award.html |work=The Myanmar Times |date=13 May 2013}}