Dagon Khin Khin Lay

Dagon Khin Khin Lay
Born	(1904-02-20)20 February 1904 Mandalay, British Burma
Died	23 June 1981(1981-06-23) (aged 77) Yangon, Myanmar
Occupation	Writer, publisher
Nationality	Myanmar
Period	Early 20th century
Genre	literary fiction, memoir, Horror novels, Biographical novels
Spouse	Ohn Khin

Dagon Khin Khin Lay (Burmese: ဒဂုံ ခင်ခင်လေး [dəɡòʊɴ kʰɪ̀ɴ kʰɪ̀ɴ lé]; 20 February 1904 – 23 June 1981) was a Burmese novelist, screenwriter, and cinematographer. Founder of Dagon Publishing Company, Khin Khin Lay, along with Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay and Ludu Daw Amar, she was one of the few female publishers in Burma.

Biography

Khin Khin Lay was born Khin Lay Latt (ခင်လေးလတ် [kʰɪ̀ɴ lé laʔ]) in Mandalay to Khin Khin Latt and Myat Kyaw, a police officer. Khin Khin Lay was only 12 when she won a literary award competition with her first novel Nwe Nwe in 1917. At 18, she published Kyi Daw Zet magazine in Mandalay. She founded Dagaon magazine and started writing under the penname "Dagon Khin Khin Lay". She also wrote horror novels as "Ko Ko Lay" and the political literature as "Yuwati Lay Ni". She was also a founder of Burma Women Writers Association.

Khin Khin Lay was married to a fellow journalist and publisher of Bama-Khit newspaper, Ohn Khin. She died on 23 June 1981 in Yangon. She was 77.

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