Nay Win Myint ( my, နေဝင်းမြင့်, born 6 February 1952) is a three time

Myanmar National Literature Award Myanmar National Literature Awards ( my, အမျိုးသား စာပေဆု) are awards presented to a Burmese author who has published a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poe ...

-winning Burmese writer. He specialises in writing novellas and translated novels and won the

3 times in 1992, 2002 and 2010. For the novels ''Twelve Strings'' (ဆယ့်နှစ်ကြိုး) in 1996, ''16 Small Houses'' (အိမ်းကလေးဆယ့်ခြောက်လုံး) in 2002 and a translation of

Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956)Ghosh, Amitav
, ''Encyclopædia Britannica''

's ''

The Glass Palace ''The Glass Palace'' is a 2000 historical novel by Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. The novel is set in Burma, Bengal, India, and Malaya, spans a century from the Third Anglo-Burmese War and the consequent fall of the Konbaung Dynasty in Mandalay, thr ...

'' (ရေကန်သာ ကြာတိုင်းအေး) in 2010. He also writes under pseudonyms such as Win Phwe (ဝင်းဖွေး) and Aung Maung (အောင်မောင်း).

Early life and family

He was born on 6 February 1952 in Konzaung village,

Pwintbyu Township Pwintbyu Township ( my, ပွင့်ဖြူ မြို့နယ်) is a township of Minbu District in the Magway Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Pwintbyu Pwintbyu ( my, ပွင့်ဖြူမြို့) is the principa ...

Magwe Division Magway Region ( my, မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Magway Division) is an administrative division in central Myanmar. It is the second largest of Myanmar's seven divisions, with an area of . Pa Del Dam (ပဒ� ...

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

(Myanmar). His wife,

Khin Khin Htoo Khin Khin Htoo (, ; born 17 December 1965) is a Mandalay-based Myanmar National Literature Award winning writer. Her works are known for their coverage of the traditional Burmese culture, and beauty of Burmese people of Upper Myanmar. She is th ...

, is also a renowned writer and won the same ''Myanmar National Literature Award'' for 2002. He lives with a daughter, Phway Phway Nay Win Myint.

Career

He has struggled and he has all the experiences such as singing, working in a brick factory, giving speeches and going on a lot of tours. Nowadays he writes novels as well as give speeches at the literature talks along with other authors and his wife. Many people admired him as their teacher. He is rated as one of the best writers in Myanmar as well as around the world. He has gone to several countries such as France, USA, China, Singapore, UAE, Thailand and Malaysia for literature works. Win Myint also worked as a journalist and has increasingly focused on environmental issues.Nay Win Myint leading environmental conservation, Myanmar Times, Volume 21, number 403, January 28 - February 3, 2008
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Burmese writers Living people People from Magway Division 1952 births {{Myanmar-writer-stub