| Ludu Library | |
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| လူထုစာကြည့်တိုက် | |
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| 21°58′26″N 96°04′41″E / 21.973908574716383°N 96.07813807290319°E | |
| Location |
Mandalay, 
Myanmar |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2004 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected |
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| Size | 50,000 books |
| Other information | |
| Director | Than Yin Mar |
The Ludu Library and Archive ( Burmese: လူထုစာကြည့်တိုက်နှင့်မော်ကွန်းတိုက်) is a public library and newspaper archive in Letsekan quarter, Chanayethazan Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. [1] [2] Construction began in 2000, and the library was formally founded in 2004 by the family of Ludu U Hla and his wife Daw Amar, prominent Burmese writers. [3] [1] The library was an extension of a private collection curated by the Ludu family and survived the 1984 Kya Gyi fire in Mandalay. [3] [4]
The library is a prominent reference library for Burmese scholars. [1] Ludu Library possesses a collection of 50,000 books, 210 palm leaf manuscripts and 130 parabaiks, and also special collections of prominent Burmese writers, including Than Tun, Shwe U Daung, and Ludu Sein Win. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Documentary heritage of Myanmar: selected case studies". UNESCO. 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Reading Mandalay's Newspapers". University of Toronto. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ a b Macnamara, Kelly (2017-01-17). "Untold Stories: A Literary Family Keeping Myanmar's History Alive". Women and Girls. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Allott, Anna (2008-04-11). "Ludu Daw Amar". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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| Ludu Library | |
|---|---|
| လူထုစာကြည့်တိုက် | |
|
| |
| 21°58′26″N 96°04′41″E / 21.973908574716383°N 96.07813807290319°E | |
| Location |
Mandalay,
Myanmar |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 2004 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected |
|
| Size | 50,000 books |
| Other information | |
| Director | Than Yin Mar |
The Ludu Library and Archive ( Burmese: လူထုစာကြည့်တိုက်နှင့်မော်ကွန်းတိုက်) is a public library and newspaper archive in Letsekan quarter, Chanayethazan Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. [1] [2] Construction began in 2000, and the library was formally founded in 2004 by the family of Ludu U Hla and his wife Daw Amar, prominent Burmese writers. [3] [1] The library was an extension of a private collection curated by the Ludu family and survived the 1984 Kya Gyi fire in Mandalay. [3] [4]
The library is a prominent reference library for Burmese scholars. [1] Ludu Library possesses a collection of 50,000 books, 210 palm leaf manuscripts and 130 parabaiks, and also special collections of prominent Burmese writers, including Than Tun, Shwe U Daung, and Ludu Sein Win. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Documentary heritage of Myanmar: selected case studies". UNESCO. 2018. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Reading Mandalay's Newspapers". University of Toronto. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ a b Macnamara, Kelly (2017-01-17). "Untold Stories: A Literary Family Keeping Myanmar's History Alive". Women and Girls. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ Allott, Anna (2008-04-11). "Ludu Daw Amar". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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