Nobel Myanmar Literary Festival

by Lucas Stewart, Editor-at-Large (Myanmar), Kitaab

The Nobel Myanmar Literary festival has come and gone, quietly slipping under the media radar. While its well-publicised cousin the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, attracts the power name international authors, the Nobel Myanmar Literary festival offered up a much more local flavour.

Organised by Myanmar media outlet DVB Multimedia Group and The Peoples Age Journal and chaired by renowned writer U Pe Myint, the festival has been in the making for over a year, securing funds from the HEDDA Foundation in Norway and the Swedish post code lottery.