Kan Chun ( my, ကံချွန်, ; 4 April 1946 – 20 August 2009) was a

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Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

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(Myanmar). He was a prolific cartoonist and writer; he published 73 books. He died in August 2009 of cancer.

Early life

Kan Chun was born in

on 4 April 1946 to Aye Shwin and Ba Htay, a Burmese Muslim family. He had two brothers, Bo Maung and Hla Win. He attended the Mandalay 3 High School. After high school, he went on to study arts at the School of Fine Arts, Mandalay where he learned painting and cartooning from

Win Maung Mahn Win Maung ( my, မန်းဝင်းမောင် ; 17 April 1916 – 4 July 1989) was a statesman who served as the third president of Burma. Early life Win Maung was an ethnic Karen and born on 17 April 1916 in the Irrawaddy de ...

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, Aye Kyaw,

Ba Thet Ba Thet (1903–1972; my, ဘသက် ) was a Burmese painter who worked in Mandalay, Myanmar and who was known as an advocate of experimentation in the arts. He was an associate of Kin Maung, who is known commonly known in Burma as Kin Maung ...

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Aung Khin Aung Khin ( my, အောင်ခင် , 13 February 1921 – 14 May 1996) was a Burmese painter who became prominent in the Mandalay art world. He is well known as one of the foremost and earliest of modernistic painters in Burma. Training ...

Career

Kan Chun began his artistic career after college. His first published cartoon was in ''the Hanthawaddy'', a daily paper in October 1969. He quickly became a successful cartoonist, with his works regularly appearing in all the major dailies of the day—''

The Botataung The Botataung ( my, ဗိုလ်တထောင် သတင်းစာ ) was a national Burmese language daily newspaper based out of Yangon in Myanmar. The paper, founded in 1958 by Thein Pe Myint, was arguably the leading leftist newspaper ...

'', ''

Kyemon ''Kyemon'' ( my, ကြေးမုံ; also known as Kyaymon) (''The Mirror'') is a state-owned Burmese language daily newspaper based in Yangon, Myanmar. Along with ''Myanmar Alin'', Kyemon is one of two Burmese language national newspapers in t ...

'', and ''The Working People's Daily'', as well as in magazines and journals like ''Shudaung'', ''Thadin'', ''Moe Wai'', ''Cherry'', ''Mahaythi'', ''Kalya'', ''Life Style'', ''Idea'', etc. He also directed the commemorative documentary for the 100th anniversary of

Liberty Ma Mya Yin Liberty Mya Yin ( my, လေဘာတီမြရင်; 21 April 1904 – 29 April 1945) was a Burmese anyeint dancer and singer, best known during the pre-World War II period. She gained the moniker "Liberty" from college fans who advocated B ...

, a pre-war Mandalay-based

Anyeint Anyeint (; ; my, အငြိမ့်; also spelt a-nyeint) is a traditional Burmese entertainment form that combines dance with instrumental music, song, and comedy routines, in theatrical performances.Seekins, Donald M. (2006) "Anyeint (Anye ...

dancer.

Books written

* ''Modern Student'', 1988 * ''Golden Jubilee of Love and Other Short Stories'', 1990 * ''One Step of Thought'' * ''Humour Salad'' * ''Humour in the Clinic'' * ''Market Economy Concepts'' * ''Humorous Love''

References

External links

Kan Chun - Mandalay ka lu tawe a kyoung
{{authority control Burmese writers Burmese cartoonists Burmese Muslims People from Mandalay 1946 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Burmese painters