History of Myanmar's labour movement (p.i - 1/505)

This post presents the first four pages of the 1968 book The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement, written by Thakin Lwin. The book was published by Bagan Books and was awarded second prize for the Myanmar National Literature Award.

Vocabulary:

ဘလောက် ။ block (of printing)
တက်ခေတ် ။ age of progress
နတ်ဆိုး ။ evil spirit
ဝိမုတ္တိရသ ။
ကုသ ။ give medical treatment; cure (disease)

Translation:

First printing

4000 copies

Cover design: U Bayin Kalay

Interior design: U Bayin Kalay and Tin Hla Win

Block printing: Ba Thit In San

Exterior and interior printing: Shwe Win, 39th street

Book binding: Nyunt Nyunt and Maung Mya

Maung Ko Oo (publishing 0243/printing 0736), Number 123, Myanmar Gone Yee Road, Little Lake, Printed and published with "Kumara [Printing] Machine" from Yangon City.

Bagan Books and Kumara Printers

Number 123, Myanmar Gone Yee Road,
Little Lake, Yangon,
Little Lake Library.

Cover 18946

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Bagan Books Number 150

The History of the Myanmar Worker Movement

Thakin Lwin

[Politically-related literature permission number 306]



Bagan Books

1 May 1968

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145 | Yan Aung's Writing, Yan Aung's Life

146 | The Evil Spirit of the Age of Progress

147 | Together with Our Era

148 | Ko Phone Lone

149 | Wimuttiyatha

150 | The History of the Myanmar Worker Movement

Books that will be released in July

151 | Doctor Tin Shwe's treatment, prevention and surgery

152 | Maung Htin's Short Stories

153 | Historical Writings on General Ba Shin's Warfare, Politics, and Social Issues

154 | Doctor Maung Maung's National Plan (The Union and U Saw)

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For comrades who died
by the enemy's weapon
while struggling with me
for the worker revolution.

- Thakin Lwin