Ma Sandar

Ma Sandar
မစန္ဒာ
BornCho Cho Tin
(1947-09-04) 4 September 1947 (age 77)
Rangoon, British Burma
(now Myanmar)
Occupationnovelist, architect
Alma materRangoon Institute of Technology
Period1972–present
GenreRomance, Short story
Notable worksLife's Dream, Flower's Dream
Short Stories Collection 3
Hexagon
Notable awardsMyanmar National Literature Award (1994, 1999, 2002)

Ma Sandar (Burmese: မစန္ဒာ; born 4 September 1947) is a well known Burmese writer.[1][2] With a clear and engaging style, her works reflect the daily struggles of the people living in Myanmar. Her novella, Life's Dream, Flower's Dream won the 1994 Myanmar National Literature Award for novella. Her short stories collection, Short Stories Collection 3 won the 1999 Myanmar National Literature Award for Collected Short Stories. Another novella, Hexagon won the 2002 National Literature Award for novella. 10 of her novels have been made into movies.[1]

  1. ^ a b ပြန်ကြားရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့ ဆက်ဆံရေး ဦးစီး ဌာန (ရုံးချုပ်) စာတည်း အဖွဲ့ (2003). နှစ်ဆယ် ရာစု မြန်မာ စာရေး ဆရာ များနှင့် စာစု စာရင်း. ပညာရွှေတောင် စာအုပ်တိုက်.
  2. ^ "School becomes 23rd building on heritage list". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 21 November 2018.