Ponnya Khin ( my, ပုညခင်; born 22 September 1972) is a Burmese
novelist and writer, known for her best-selling novel ''
Kya Ma Ka Hnin Si Par Maung
''I'm Rose, Darling'' ( my, ကျွန်မက နှင်းဆီပါ မောင်) is a 2015 Burmese drama film directed by Wyne and starring Nay Toe and Phway Phway. It is one of the films that reached the highest-grossing film in ...
'' (''I'm Rose, Darling'').
She is a prolific writer, having produced 125 novels and 6 short story collections.
Biography
Ponnya Khin was born on 22 September 1972 in the
Irawaddy Delta town of
Kyaunggon
Kyaunggon ( my, ကျောင်းကုန်း) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Kyaunggon Township in the Pathein District
Pathein District ( my, ပုသိမ်ခရိုင်) is a d ...
in
Bassein District Bassein may refer to: vasai
India
* Vasai, a city in Maharashtra state, India; known as Bassein during Portuguese rule
** Treaty of Bassein (1534)
** Treaty of Bassein (1802)
** Military history of Bassein
* Bassein Fort, a colonial fort in Vasai ...
(now Pathein). At the age of 19, became a village primary school teacher while studying for her degree. During that time, she started writing novels and short stories. In 1995, she resigned from teaching.
Ponnya moved to
Yangon and took a post-graduate course in
Applied Psychology at
Yangon University and began to publish novels based on her personal experiences. Ponnya Khin's novels describe the conditions of the rural education system and life as a village
schoolteacher, urban social life, the life of girls and her personal experiences.
Works
*''A Nauk Taung A Yat Hma Lar Khe Thu'' (Girl from the South West)
*''A Shay Ta Khar A Win'' (''Enter by the Front Door'')
*''Min Ga La Bar Sayama'' (''Auspicious Day, Teacher'')
*''Lat Kyan La Yaung''
*''Taung Dan Dway Yae A Lon'' (''Beyond the mountains'')
Film adaptations
Many of Ponnya Khin's most popular novels have been adapted into
Burmese language films,
including:
*''
Kya Ma Ka Hnin Si Par Maung
''I'm Rose, Darling'' ( my, ကျွန်မက နှင်းဆီပါ မောင်) is a 2015 Burmese drama film directed by Wyne and starring Nay Toe and Phway Phway. It is one of the films that reached the highest-grossing film in ...
'' (''I'm Rose, Darling'')
*''A Nan Wine'' (''Kiss Wine'')
* ''Yat Yat Sat Sat Moe'' (''Cruel Rain'')
* ''Hmaw Sayar Phan Sin De Chit Chin ''
*''Phwet Kabyar'' (''Love Poem Created by a Wizard'')
*''A Htet Tan Sar….Yay''
* ''Khit Ye Thamee Pyo Myar'' (''Girls of the Era'')
References
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1972 births
Living people
Burmese writers
People from Ayeyarwady Region