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Mya Than Tint was born on 23 May, 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, British Burma, is a Burmese writer (1929–1998). Discover Mya Than Tint's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Occupation novelist, translator
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 23 May 1929
Birthday 23 May
Birthplace Myaing, Pakokku Township, British Burma
Date of death 18 February, 1998
Died Place Yangon, Myanmar
Nationality Myanmar

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1929

Mya Than Tint (23 May 1929 – 18 February 1998) was a five-time Myanmar National Literature Award winning Burmese writer and translator.

Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.

1948

Mya Than Tint entered Rangoon University in 1948, the year Burma gained independence from Great Britain, and received a degree in philosophy, political science and English literature in 1954.

1949

His writing career began in 1949 when his first short novel “Refugee” (MY ဒုက္ခသည်) was published in Tara (MY တာရာ) Magazine (No. 21, Vol. 3, 1949).

His first translated work was Malva and other short stories by Gorky.He published many short and full-length novels, documentaries and translated works in his 50-year writing career.

1963

As a political prisoner, Mya Than Tint was jailed from 1963 to 1972 by Ne Win's military regime that seized power from a democratic government in 1962.

He was initially incarcerated in Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison, but later transferred with other political prisoners to the Coco Islands penal colony in the Indian Ocean until his release three years later.

1972

He won the Myanmar National Literature Award five times for translation War and Peace(1972), Gone with the Wind (1978), Dream of the Red Chamber (1988), City of Joy (MY သုခမြို့တော်) (1992) and Beyond Love (MY အချစ်မိုးကောင်းကင်) (1995).

1973

Dataung Ko Kyaw Ywei, Mee Pinle Ko Hpyat Myi (Across the Mountain of Swords and the Sea of Fire) (MY ဓားတောင်ကိုကျော်၍ မီးပင်လယ်ကိုဖြတ်မည်) (1973) is considered to be his greatest masterpiece.

He also wrote historical documentaries like “Breeze over Taungthaman Lake” (MY တောင်သမန်ရွှေအင်းက လေညှင်းဆော်တော့).

Also a prolific translator of Western literature into Burmese, Mya Than Tint introduced his readers to world classics like War and Peace (MY စစ်နှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး), Gone with the Wind (လေရူးသုန်သုန်), and Dream of the Red Chamber (MY ခန်းဆောင်နီအိပ်မက်).

1998

At the age of 68, he died in his home in Sanchaung Township in Rangoon of a brain hemorrhage after an accidental fall from a staircase in the early morning of February 18, 1998.

He was cremated at the Hteinpin cemetery in Rangoon.

Famous Burmese Novels by Mya Than Tint:

His collection of short stories Annyattara Yoke Pon Hlwa (Images of Ordinary People) has been translated in English titled On the Road to Mandalay.

Well Known Works of Translation into Burmese:

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