Maung Htin | |
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| Born | Htin Fatt (ထင်ဖတ်) 21 March 1909 |
| Died | 29 January 2006 (aged 96)
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| Resting place | Yayway Cemetery |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Rangoon 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nyunt Win (24 September 2007). "Classic novels find few readers". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Nyo Htun (March 2009). "ဆရာကြီးမောင်ထင်ရာပြည့်" (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
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Maung Htin | |
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| မောင်ထင် | |
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| Born | Htin Fatt (ထင်ဖတ်) 21 March 1909 |
| Died | 29 January 2006 (aged 96)
[1] |
| Resting place | Yayway Cemetery |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Alma mater | Rangoon 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nyunt Win (24 September 2007). "Classic novels find few readers". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Nyo Htun (March 2009). "ဆရာကြီးမောင်ထင်ရာပြည့်" (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
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| National | |
| Other | |