Maung Paw Tun

Maung Paw Tun
Native name
မောင်ပေါ်ထွန်း
BornKhin Maung Soe
(1935-05-14)14 May 1935
Shwemyetwa Village, Manaung, British Burma
Died13 August 2022(2022-08-13) (aged 87)
South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar
OccupationWriter
LanguageBurmese
Alma materWorkers' College (BA)
GenreTranslation
Notable works
  • Kan-taa-ya San-yay-aing (1997)
  • Kam-kya-ma Ah-kyin-thaa (2006)
Notable awards
Signature

Maung Paw Tun (born Khin Maung Soe; Burmese: မောင်ပေါ်ထွန်း pronounced [màʊɰ̃ pɔ̀ tʰʊ́ɰ̃]; 14 May 1935 – 13 August 2022) was a Burmese writer and translator. Winning the national literature award for translation two times, he was a laureate of the national literature award for lifetime achievement.[1]

  1. ^ Nyein Chan, K. (2 November 2015). "၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ်အတွက် အမျိုးသားစာပေဆုများနှင့် တသက်တာစာပေဆု ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာ". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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