Thant Myint-U

Thant Myint-U ( ; born 31 January 1966) is a Burmese-American 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. Provided by Wikipedia