Native name နတ်နွယ် Religion Theravada Buddhism Full Name Hla Myint Name Nat Nwe | Nationality Burmese Parents Saw Lon of Pagan, Ba Wan Occupation Writer, Poet | |
Born 1 February 1933 Myitkyina, British Burma Known for Founder of Nwe Ni magazine Awards National Literature Award Died May 11, 2011, North Dagon Township, Myanmar (Burma) | ||
Resting place Yayway Cemetery, Yangon | ||
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. He began his career in 1950, after publishing a poem titled "Schoolgirl" (ကျောင်းသူမ) in the Hanthawaddy newspaper. Over the course of his career, he wrote more than 100 novels and translated 20 from other languages into Burmese. He died of natural causes at his home on 11 May 2011.
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