Hla Myint, better known by his pseudonym Nat Nwe ( my, နတ်နွယ်), was a prominent Burmese writer, best known as the founder of ''Nwe Ni'', a

foreign affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...

magazine. He began his career in 1950, after publishing a poem titled "Schoolgirl" () 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 and was cremated at

Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained ...

on 13 May.

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{{Authority control Burmese writers Burmese male poets People from Myitkyina 1933 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Burmese poets 20th-century male writers