''Kyipwayay'' (, , lit. "Growth") was a pre-
World War II
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Burmese language monthly magazine, closely identified with the ''
Khit-San Sarpay'' movement, the first modern literary movement in the history of Burmese literature.
[Swan Yi : 11] The magazine was founded by
U Thein in
Yangon
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but later taken over by
U Hla and moved to
Mandalay
Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553.
Mandalay was founded in 1857 by Ki ...
in 1933. The monthly was published even during the
Japanese occupation of the country (1942–1945). After the war, U Hla transformed Kyipwayay into the
Ludu Journal.
References
Bibliography
* {{cite web , last=Swan Yi , first=Maung , title='CHEWING THE WEST': The Development of Modern Burmese Literature Under the Influence of Western Literature , url=http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/WRIT/documents/MAUNGSwanYiformattedOctober13.pdf , date=December 2002 , publisher=Leiden University , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411150729/http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/WRIT/documents/MAUNGSwanYiformattedOctober13.pdf , archivedate=2008-04-11
Magazines published in Myanmar