U Ponnya

Ponnya
Native name
ဦးပုည
BornMaung Po Si
1812
Sale, Kingdom of Burma
Diedc. 1867
OccupationWriter, poet
LanguageBurmese
EducationAmarapura (အမရပူရ)
PeriodKonbaung Dynasty

Ponnya (Burmese: ဦးပုည; 1812 - c. 1867), known honorifically as U Ponnya, was one of Burma's most prominent dramatists.[1][2] Ponnya is considered one of Burma's greatest literary figures, known for his elegant wit and clarity of language.[3]

  1. ^ "U Pon Nya". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ Osipov, Yuriy M. (2013). "1". In David Smyth (ed.). Buddhist hagiography in forming the canon in the classical literatures of Indochina. The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature. Routledge. ISBN 9781136816123.
  3. ^ Hla Pe; Anna J. Allott; John Okell (2002). V. I. Braginskiĭ (ed.). Three 'Immortal' Burmese Songs. Classical Civilisations of South East Asia. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780700714100.