Ye Yint Thet Zwe (b. 1965, Yangon) a poet born in Myanmar (Burma) living in Finland since 2010. Ye Yint studied Myanmar Literature at the Correspondent University of Yangon. He was actively involved in the 8888 student revolution and left Burma in 1990. He has lived in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan until he finally settled down in Finland. 

His first poetry collection is "We hate war, mother!" and was published in a trilingual edition by Sivuvalo-project in Helsinki in 2017. His second poetry collection is "Menetetty polku" (tr. The lost truck) and has been translated into Finnish by poet Lauri Vanhala. Ye Yint has been very active in the literary community, participating in many literary events and poetry festivals in Finland, like The Month of a Hundred Languages, Runokuu in Helsinki, Runoviikko in Turku and Runosvengi’s events. His poetry was the subject of the film “The Journey of a Broken Bird” directed by Mexican engineer and photographer Jaime Culebro. The film, released in 2016, tells the story of Julia and Ye Yint's journey through the streets of Helsinki. He founded the independent Burmese library Ahara with the help of other writers in Tokyo, Japan, to preserve their heritage.