Author · Burma (Myanmar)
Zawgyi
Died in 1990
Zawgyi, whose name was U Thein Han, was born on 12 April 1907 in Pyapon, in the Irrawaddy division, and attended the monastic school of his town. A graduate of Rangoon University, he taught Burmese in Mandalay until 1938, then became librarian of Rangoon University. With another poet, he led the Khit San movement, revealed in 1934 by the collection compiled by Professor Pe Maung Tin. Awarded a prize by Sarpay Beikman in 1955 and the national prize in 1979, he died in Rangoon on 26 September 1990.