--- title: "2 Thant Myint-U Quotes - Famous Historian (Where China Meets India)" description: "Thant Myint-U is an historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, former Myanmar peace process med..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thant-myintu-89653.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Thant Myint-U](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thant-myintu-89653.jpg) # Thant Myint-U (1966) Historian United States **2** quotes in **26** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Thant Myint-U is a historian from the United States, best known for *Where China Meets India*. ## Quick Facts About Thant Myint-U Born January 31, 1966 Nationality United States Profession Historian Notable works Where China Meets India ## About Thant Myint-U Thant Myint-U is an historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, former Myanmar peace process mediator, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has authored five books, including The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma and Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia. He founded the Yangon Heritage Trust in 2012 to protect built heritage and promote urban planning in the Burmese commercial capital of Yangon. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge and United Nations Special Adviser on Humanitarian Diplomacy. ## Awards & Honors Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize ## Quotes by Thant Myint-U > [By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thant-myint-u/by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-valley-of-death-tells-the/) [Thant Myint-U](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/) [Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/thant-myint-u-90887_accounts_by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-v_409799.jpg) > [“May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thant-myint-u/may-there-only-be-peaceful-and-cheerful-earth-days-to-come-for-our/) [Thant Myint-U](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/thant-myint-u-90887_life_may-there-only-be-peaceful-and-cheerful_1786671.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/#itemlist", "name": "Thant Myint-U Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts to protect Burma's (Myanmar's) remaining tigers and establish the Hukawng Valley Reserve. It is hard to imagine a more passionate or exciting account of today's conservation challenges, or a more thoughtful rendering of life, death, and politics in Burma's most remote corners.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thant Myint-U" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thant-myint-u/by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-valley-of-death-tells-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/thant-myint-u-90887_accounts_by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-v_409799.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/thant-myint-u-90887_accounts_by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-v_409799.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/thant-myint-u-90887_accounts_by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-v_409799.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's…” — Thant Myint-U", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thant Myint-U" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thant-myint-u/may-there-only-be-peaceful-and-cheerful-earth-days-to-come-for-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/thant-myint-u-90887_life_may-there-only-be-peaceful-and-cheerful_1786671.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/thant-myint-u-90887_life_may-there-only-be-peaceful-and-cheerful_1786671.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/thant-myint-u-90887_life_may-there-only-be-peaceful-and-cheerful_1786671.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues…” — Thant Myint-U", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/#person", "name": "Thant Myint-U", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/", "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thant-myintu-89653.jpg" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/", "name": "Thant Myint-U", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/thant-myint-u-90887_accounts_by-turns-sad-and-uplifting-life-in-the-v_409799.jpg" }, "description": "Thant Myint-U is an historian, writer, grandson of former United Nations Secretary-General U Thant, former UN official, former Myanmar peace process med...", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Authors", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Thant Myint-U", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thant-myint-u/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```