Native name မောင်ထင် Resting place Yayway Cemetery Name Maung Htin | Occupation Writer and journalist Nationality Burmese | |
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Full Name Htin Fatt (ထင်ဖတ်) Born 20 March 1909 Labutta, Irrawaddy Province, British Burma Alma mater Rangoon University (B.A.) Parent(s) Ta Yaung (father)
Sein Pwint (mother) Died January 29, 2006, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) | ||
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. In 2003, the Government of Myanmar awarded him with a national lifetime achievement award in literature. In 1933, he graduated from Rangoon University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Burmese.
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