Nat Nwe - Myself and the Waves of Literature

They are cutting and tearing apart the raindrops.

A world. It may not be long, but it has been three or four months. It was before the second issue of the Saperiya Journal was published. Poet Aung Way came to Nwe Ni Magazine on Aung Yadana Street. He didn't come to give me a poem. Nwe Ni hasn't written a poem yet. But he came to talk about poetry. It was about Moe Wai's poem.

He--

"The literary journal will be published again"

"I heard"

"Teacher Twe asked me to write a manuscript."

He wrote Maung Thway Thit. The letter was short. He couldn't come because he had a sore knee. He will publish a literary journal again. Write a manuscript. Write about Moe Wai's poetry.

I won't write back. I just told Ko Aung Way verbally. I will give you the manuscript. I can't give it right now. And I don't want to write about Moe Wai's poem. I will give you another manuscript.

And Ko Aung Way...

“I want you to write about Moe Wai’s poetry. We discussed it. It would be good if you wrote about Moe Wai’s poetry. Now, many people are talking about Moe Wai’s poetry. They are saying different things.”

"I don't want to write, I'm just a participant, it's fine if I don't say anything. Let them say what they want to say."

I once met a poet. He told me about the poem Moe Wai. He told me to write it. When I said I didn't want to write it, he said I wanted to write it. At that time, I had a white jasmine in my hand. However, I didn't open the Moe Wai CD. I didn't want to add any more lines. .

However, it is true that people talk about Moe Wai poetry. Some say that Moe Wai poetry exists. Some deny that Moe Wai poetry does not exist. It is true that people talk about saying that Moe Wai poetry exists and saying that it does not exist.

The people interviewed in recent interviews are middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s. They were young people more than 20 years ago. In the era they lived, there were magazines like Dengdung, Shuma Wa, Ngwe Taree, and Moe Wai. Some of them (perhaps most of them) lived on the pages of Moe Wai.

Their answers contain some reference to Moe Wai in one way or another. The interviewer also asks questions about Moe Wai's poetry. Some of them stand firmly on Moe Wai's side. Some of them speak without touching Moe Wai. Some of them are honest and open in their answers, while others are hidden from others.

Sometimes I wonder. They don't mention the roots, they don't mention the trunk, they just talk about the branches spreading out.

They seem to be cutting and pasting the magazine Moe Wai, or the articles in Moe Wai, or the poems in Moe Wai, rather than analyzing them.

What should I say, as someone who has been most involved with Moe Wai magazine?

If I had to change the story of the rain

Okay, let's see. In the history of Myanmar magazines, there was a magazine called Moe. It existed for a long time. It was published from the late 1960s to the late 1980s. Now it has been temporarily suspended.

During this period, the 100th and 200th issues of Moe Wai magazine were published.

The magazine was named “Literary Magazine” by printing the label on the cover. However, it is not enough to just put a label on the cover and call it a literary magazine. You have to look at the content inside. What are the characteristics of a literary magazine?

There have been editorial changes at Moe Wai Magazine. Why and how many times?

There have been changes in the people responsible for funding and running Moe Wai Magazine. How many times have there been? Roughly speaking, quite a few. Why?

The printing house responsible for printing Moe Wai Magazine and the location of Moe Wai Magazine have changed several times. Why?

What secretaries were involved in the changes in editors, publishers, printing presses, and locations?

Let me tell you. What is the relationship between me and Moe Wai Magazine? What do you have to say in the meme? What have you said? What have you left out? One thing. It's true. Moe Wai Magazine is a magazine that has changed the name of a detective magazine.

Writer Moe Wai is one of the founders of Detective Magazine, which he founded in consultation with publisher U Sanni (Contemporary Literature).

Moe Wai was the editor-in-chief of Detective Magazine. There were changes in the editors-in-charge. I am the last editor-in-charge.

When Moe Wai passed away, the editor-in-chief, after consulting with Moe Wai's family and friends, changed the name of Detective Magazine to Moe Wai Magazine.

Are you the founder of Moe Wai Magazine?

When writer Moe Wai passed away, he took over as editor-in-chief of Detective Magazine. When it was transformed into Moe Wai Magazine, he was the first editor-in-chief.

What are the responsibilities of the editor-in-chief?

What did you do with Moe Wai magazine? Who were the people involved and what role did they play?

Why did you give up on Moe Wai the first time? Why did you do it again? Why did you give up on him the second time?

Who were the editors in charge during your time? Who were responsible for selecting poems during your time?

Why do people say it's a poem about rain? Why do people argue about it?

Thinking carefully, I have never mentioned anything about Moe Wai magazine, poetry, or anything else.

I had the idea to write about Moe Wai magazine and Moe Wai poetry.

Myself and Moe Wai Magazine

He devoted his life to Moe Wai magazine, with great effort and bitterness.

I have gained a lot of experience. I have a lot to say.

But he didn't say it.

I didn't write it because there were things to be said and things to be left out.

A matter that has been carefully crafted cannot be true.

However, if we want the truth, we must turn our backs on writing about Moe Wai magazine.

What is his real name?

Waterproof, earth-proof

It has been said that Moe Wai Magazine is a renamed version of Detective Magazine.

So, before we continue talking about Moe Wai magazine, we need to talk a little about the original detective magazine and its origins.

Detective magazine was published by Kheti Pyin Literature. What is Kheti Pyin Literature?

The publisher of modern literature was U Sanni. U Sanni was also known as Detective U Sanni. The current location of the modern literature library is No. (29) Bokalay Zay Street. It used to be Brookings Street.

The name "Modern Literature" was given by the writer Ye Khaung (Min Lat Ye Khaung). It means "to correct the times." Ye Khaung was at the Modern Literature Library at that time. He himself drove the Modern Literature jeep.

The two main writers of modern literature were Ye Khaung and Moe. Than Swe, Min Shin, and Phony Kywe were also close friends.

The modern literature is a literary genre that is recognized by readers due to the novels of Ye Khaung and Moe Wai. A novel by the famous musician Saw Nyein was also published in the modern literature. In addition, Juliet Phu Chit's book "The Gallows" was a book that was read by progressive youth of that era. Although the name of the translator is mentioned in the book, insiders know that Ye Khaung translated it.

The contemporary literature published "Thit San Za Suang". It contained innovative thoughts and works by young writers of that era. The editor in charge of Thit San was Ye Khaung.

Then, Kyapyin Saper published "Detective Novel Magazine", an idea of ​​Moe Wai. It began publication in March 1951.

' The name of the magazine was not a detective magazine as it was later known to many. It was a detective novel magazine. The meaning was that it was a magazine that published only detective novels. ``In English, it is described as The Detective Stories Magazine. It was a precursor to the novel magazines that were popular in the late 1980s.

Detective Novel Magazine only includes detective, thriller, thriller, psychological, and other novels.

Not even an article. Later, detective articles and crime articles were added. But the overall theme of the magazine was detective and mystery.

The magazine featured works by famous detective novelists of the time, including Ze U Daung, Dagon Shwe, Maha Swe, Ziya, and Moe Wai. Tint San's epic detective novels, Journal Kyaw Tint Swe's science fiction novels, and Nanda's psychological and historical novels were also particularly popular.

Khin Maung Than (Meit Thila) Tin Myint University, Sagaing Aye Lwin. Maung Thet Naung and I are new writers with strong writing skills.

Thus, the detective magazine was successful and became the only detective magazine in Myanmar.

He began writing for Detective Magazine No. 9, November 1951, and became a member of the editorial board when he arrived in Rangoon in 1953.

At the same time, the shape and role of detective fiction magazines also began to change.