Ludu Daw Amar | |
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| လူထုဒေါ်အမာ | |
 Portrait of Ludu Daw Amar in her youth | |
| Born | 29 November 1915 |
| Died | 7 April 2008 (aged 92) Mandalay, Myanmar |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | Ludu U Hla |
| Children | Soe Win Than Yin Mar Po Than Gyaung Tin Win Nyein Chan |
| Parent(s) | U Htin Daw Su |
Ludu Daw Amar (also Ludu Daw Ah Mar; Burmese: လူထုဒေါ်အမာ, pronounced [lùdṵ dɔ̀ ʔəmà]; 29 November 1915 – 7 April 2008) was a well known and respected leading dissident writer and journalist in Mandalay, Burma. She was married to fellow writer and journalist Ludu U Hla and was the mother of popular writer Nyi Pu Lay. She is best known for her outspoken anti-government views and radical left wing journalism besides her outstanding work on traditional Burmese arts, theatre, dance and music, and several works of translation from English, both fiction and non-fiction.