Maung Htin

Maung Htin
Native name မောင်ထင်
Born Htin Fatt (ထင်ဖတ်)
20 March 1909
Labutta, Irrawaddy Province, British Burma
Died 29 January 2006 (2006-01-30) (aged 96)[1]
Yangon, Myanmar
Resting place Yayway Cemetery
Nationality Burmese
Alma mater Rangoon University (B.A.)
Occupation Writer and journalist
Parent(s) Ta Yaung (father)
Sein Pwint (mother)

Maung Htin (Burmese: မောင်ထင်; born Htin Fatt) was a prolific Burmese writer and journalist, best known for his classic 1947 novel Nga Ba (ငဘ), which portrayed the lives of downtrodden farmers.[2] In 2003, the Government of Myanmar awarded him with a national lifetime achievement award in literature.[1] In 1933, he graduated from Rangoon University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Burmese.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Author Htin Fatt Dies, aged 97". The Irrawaddy. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Nyunt Win (24 September 2007). "Classic novels find few readers". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Nyo Htun (March 2009). "ဆရာကြီးမောင်ထင်ရာပြည့်" (in Burmese). Retrieved 8 April 2012.
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