Nat Nwe | |
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နတ်နွယ် | |
Born | Hla Myint 1 February 1933 |
Died | 11 May 2011
North Dagon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar | (aged 78)
Resting place | Yayway Cemetery, Yangon |
Nationality | Burmese |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Poet |
Known for | Founder of Nwe Ni magazine |
Parent(s) | Ba Wan Saw Lon |
Awards | National Literature Award |
Hla Myint, better known by his pseudonym Nat Nwe ( Burmese: နတ်နွယ်), was a prominent Burmese writer, best known as the founder of Nwe Ni, a foreign affairs magazine. [1] He began his career in 1950, after publishing a poem titled "Schoolgirl" (ကျောင်းသူမ) in the Hanthawaddy newspaper. [1] Over the course of his career, he wrote more than 100 novels and translated 20 from other languages into Burmese. [1] He died of natural causes at his home on 11 May 2011 and was cremated at Yayway Cemetery on 13 May. [2] [3]
Nat Nwe | |
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နတ်နွယ် | |
Born | Hla Myint 1 February 1933 |
Died | 11 May 2011
North Dagon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar | (aged 78)
Resting place | Yayway Cemetery, Yangon |
Nationality | Burmese |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Poet |
Known for | Founder of Nwe Ni magazine |
Parent(s) | Ba Wan Saw Lon |
Awards | National Literature Award |
Hla Myint, better known by his pseudonym Nat Nwe ( Burmese: နတ်နွယ်), was a prominent Burmese writer, best known as the founder of Nwe Ni, a foreign affairs magazine. [1] He began his career in 1950, after publishing a poem titled "Schoolgirl" (ကျောင်းသူမ) in the Hanthawaddy newspaper. [1] Over the course of his career, he wrote more than 100 novels and translated 20 from other languages into Burmese. [1] He died of natural causes at his home on 11 May 2011 and was cremated at Yayway Cemetery on 13 May. [2] [3]