Thitsar Ni was born in Rangoon in 1946. His 1978 chapbook, Myinsaing Archery was re-released in 2006 and is considered a watershed in contemporary Burmese poetry. He claims that he found a poet in himself after an accidental breakup. Thitsar Ni is a Buddhist with no spouse, no bank account and no master. To him, a poem should be an anti-poem. His name translates as ¡®Loyal Red¡¯.