Working Paper No. 10:7

Material on Mogyo, Jos Rizal

Myanmar Literature Project

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Hans-Bernd Zllner (ed.)

Passauer Beitrge zur Sdostasienkunde

Working Papers

ISSN 1435-5310

Alle Rechte Lehrstuhl fr Sdostasienkunde, Universitt Passau 2007

Druck: Universitt Passau

Printed in Germany

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Contents

About the Contributors.....................................................................................................................3

I. INTRODUCTION (Hans-Bernd Zllner) ..............................................................................5

Presenting a Tragic Asian Hero ...................................................................................................5

Burmese Days - Martyrs Days....................................................................................................6

Reflections and Questions............................................................................................................9

About this Volume .....................................................................................................................13

II. MATERIAL ON MOGYO, JOSE RIZAL .........................................................................14

1. Kyaw Hoe, Bibliographical Information (Translation: Khin Maung Saw)........................14

2. Moe Hein Zaw: Book Review (Translation: Aung Kyaw Moe)........................................16

Chapter (1)..............................................................................................................................16

Chapter (2): The Student Life ................................................................................................17

Chapter (3): The Overseas Education ....................................................................................18

Chapter (4): Learning Higher Education................................................................................19

Chapter (5): Noli Me Tangere................................................................................................21

Chapter (6): A Melancholic Love Story.................................................................................23

Chapter (7): Second Expatriation...........................................................................................23

Chapter (8): The Reign of Greed............................................................................................25

Chapter (9): A Struggle between Violence and Peace ...........................................................26

Chapter (10) How Rizal Let the World Know about the Philippines ....................................26

Chapter (11): The Blistering Lava from the Volcano ............................................................27

Chapter (12): Coming Back to Sacrifice His Life..................................................................29

Chapter (13): The Execution ..................................................................................................30

Review....................................................................................................................................32

2.1 Commentary to Moe Hein Zaws Report by Heinrich Geiger ............................................33

3. Daw Khin Hla Myint: Book Review on Jos Rizal (Translation and Commentaries: Khin Maung Saw) .......................................................................................................................35

Chapter (1)..............................................................................................................................35

Chapter (2)..............................................................................................................................37

Chapter (3)..............................................................................................................................39

Chapter (4)..............................................................................................................................40

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Chapter (5)..............................................................................................................................41

Chapter (6)..............................................................................................................................44

Chapter (7)..............................................................................................................................46

Chapter (8)..............................................................................................................................47

Chapter (9)..............................................................................................................................48

Chapter (10)............................................................................................................................49

Chapter (11)............................................................................................................................50

Chapter (12)............................................................................................................................52

Chapter (13)............................................................................................................................53

Analysis:.................................................................................................................................55

4. U Thet Tun: Report on the Translation of the Biography of Jos Rizal ............................56

4.1. Commentary on the report by U Thet Tun by Dietrich Schilling .....................................59

5. Nagani News, Book Review by Ye Ye Tauk (Translation: Khin Maung Saw) ................60

6. Nagani News, My Last Farewell (Translation: Khin Maung Saw) ...................................62

7. Ba Choe, U Wizara.............................................................................................................70

8. Khin Maung Saw, A Comparative Study of Rizals Biography, English Version written by Russell & Rodriguez and the Burmese Version written by Moe Gyo (U Ohn Khin) ........72

III. Appendices ........................................................................................................................86

SHORT INFORMATION on the MAKING of the BOOK REPORTS....................................86

INFORMATION about COMMENTARIES on BOOK REPORTS .........................................88

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About the Contributors

Kyaw Hoe studied Library Science at Yangon University and got his MA degree with a work on the Nagani Book Club. He later retired from the library field and became a merchant.

Khin Maung Saw was born in 1946 in Yamethin, Central Burma and grew up in Rangoon as the third child of four of U Saw Maung (Superintendent of jail) and Daw Khin Khin (Highschool Teacher). His parents were Buddhist Arakanese (Rakhaings). He went to St. Johns Diocesan Boys School in Rangoon, studied at the University of Rangoon and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1965. He obtained the Diplomas in German Language (Ordinary and Advanced Levels) in 1966 and 1967 from the Institute of Foreign Languages, Rangoon. He was selected as a Government State Scholar to the then German Democratic Republic in October, 1968, finished Master of Science degree (Diploma) in October 1972. After that he went back to Burma and was appointed as the Head of Department, Quality Control, first in the Peoples Porcelain Factory in Tharawaddy and later in the Peoples Glass factory in Thanlyin. In the meantime, he worked as part time lecturer at the Rangoon Institute of Technology. Later, he resigned from the government post and worked as a senior teacher at the International High School in Rangoon. In 1981 he was offered a job from the former G.D.R to work as a lecturer in the Burmese Department, Southeast Asian Institute, Humboldt University, Berlin. He worked there until 1994. Past that, he worked as a Scholar in Residence, Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University, Ohio, U.S.A, from 1994 to 1996 to guide a paper A Comparative Study between the Burmese and Indonesian Armies, from the National Liberation Army to the Ruling Class. Later, he was sent by the German Development Service to Uganda (6 years) and after that to Papua New Guinea (3 years). - He is married to a Filipina, Erlinda Saw nee Abad since 1984, who used to work as a lecturer in the Philippines Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. While he was writing the papers on Dr. Jose Rizal, the National Hero of the Philippines, he received a good assistance from his wife.

Moe Hein Zaw received his B.A and M.A in Myanmar Language from Yangon University and is working on his Ph.D. Thesis. He is working as an instructor for Burmese language.

Heinrich Geiger is Head of the Asia Department of the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) and has edited several publications on Asia.

Khin Hla Myint is a retired school teacher living in Yangon.

Wunnakyawhtin U Thet Tun was born in 1926 in Yangon and educated in Burma, Japan and England and gained a B.A. from the University of Yangon, and a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of London. He worked 25 years in the Ministry of

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Planning. After 19 years of service at the head of the Ministry's Central Statistical and Economics Department, he was na