Thant Thaw Kaung

In this Burmese name, the given name is Thant Thaw Kaung. There is no family name.
Thant Thaw Kaung
သန့်သော်ကောင်း
Thant Thaw Kaung (on the furthest left) with Htin Kyaw (in the centre)
Born1969 (1969) (age 55)
Burma
NationalityBurmese
Alma materUniversity of Medicine 1, Yangon
Occupations
  • Library advocate
  • publisher
Employer(s)Myanmar Book Centre
Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation
Parent(s)Thaw Kaung
Khin Than
AwardsJeri Laber International Freedom to Publish Award (2016)

Thant Thaw Kaung (Burmese: သန့်သော်ကောင်း) is a Burmese publisher and library advocate.[1] He heads the Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation, and the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation's mobile library project.[2]

  1. ^ "Asia Foundation Awards Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung with Chang-lin Tien Visiting Fellowship". The Asia Foundation. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ "Conversation with Burmese Publisher, Library Advocate U Thant Thaw Kaung". The Asia Foundation. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2023-02-28.