Maung Htin

Maung Htin
မောင်ထင်
Born
Htin Fatt (ထင်ဖတ်)

21 March 1909
Labutta, Irrawaddy Province, British Burma
Died29 January 2006 (2006-01-30) (aged 96)[1]
Yangon, Myanmar
Resting placeYayway Cemetery
NationalityBurmese
Alma materRangoon University (B.A.)
Occupation(s)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]

  1. ^ a b "Author Htin Fatt Dies, aged 97". The Irrawaddy. 31 January 2006. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ^ Nyunt Win (24 September 2007). "Classic novels find few readers". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ^ Nyo Htun (March 2009). "ဆရာကြီးမောင်ထင်ရာပြည့်" (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.