Tun Aung Chain

Tun Aung Chain was born in 1933, in the southern town of Mergui, British Burma (now Myeik, Myanmar).[1] Tun's father, Ba Than Chain, was a civil surgeon from Bassein (now Pathein).[1] Tun was raised in Bassein, and matriculated from the Kothabyu S'gaw Karen High School, a Christian missionary school, in 1949.[1]

He went onto graduate from the University of Rangoon with an bachelor's degree in history in 1954, winning the Moay Twe Main Gold Medal for standing first in his class.[1] Tun attended Harvard University after graduation on a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, earning a master's degree in Oriental studies in 1957.[1]

Tun spent the bulk of his academic career at the University of Rangoon, with the exception of a five-year stint at the University of Mandalay.[1] He became a Professor in 1978, and retired in 1993 from the university.[1]

During his career, Tun served as a visiting fellow at a number of universities, including the School of Oriental and African Studies of London University, Cornell University and Chulalongkorn University.[1] He also served in the Myanmar Historical Commission.[2]

Tun's nonfiction book, Broken Glass: Pieces of Myanmar History, won a Sayawun Tin Shwe Award in 2014.[3] In 2018, he was awarded a Myanmar National Literature Award for lifetime achievement, alongside Tin Maung Myint.[4]

• Shwedagon (1996)
• Selected Writings of Tun Aung Chain (2004)
• Broken Glass: Pieces of Myanmar History (2004)
• Chronicle of Ayutthaya : a translation of the Yodaya Yazawin (2005)
• A Chronicle of the Mons (2010)
• Texts and Images: Glimpses of Myanmar History (2011)
• Flowing Waters: Dipping into Myanmar History (2013)
• Founders (2021)[2]