Tekkatho Phone Naing
Burmese writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Burmese name, the given name is Phone Naing. There is no family name.
Tekkatho Phone Naing (Burmese: တက္ကသိုလ် ဘုန်းနိုင်, 16 January 1930 – 2002) was a famous Burmese writer, primarily known for lovelorn stories that were most popular in the 1950s to 1970s. His "sad" stories still represent some of the best popular Burmese story writing in the postwar era.
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Tekkatho Phone Naing | |
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Native name | တက္ကသိုလ် ဘုန်းနိုင် |
Born | Khin Maung Tint (1930-01-16)16 January 1930 British Burma |
Died | January 2002 (aged 71–72) Yangon, Myanmar |
Occupation | Author, Poet, Professor |
Nationality | Burmese |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
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