How to Pronounce Zawgyi (writer)
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Apr 12, 1907 Pyapon, Myanmar Died on 26 Sep 1990 (aged 83)
Burmese writer
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- Zawgyi (Burmese: ???????, ; born Thein Han (????????, [?éi? hà?]); 12 April 1907 - 26 September 1990) was a distinguished and leading Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic.
- His name, Zawgyi is literally a mythical wizard from Burmese folklore.
- He was one of the leaders of the Hkit san (Testing the Times) movement in Burmese literature searching for a new style and content before the Second World War, along with Theippan Maung Wa, Nwe Soe and Min Thu Wun.
- His first hkit san poetry,Padauk pan (Padauk flower), was published in Hantha Kyemon pamphlet.His most memorable work was a play titled Maha hsan gyinthu, an adaptation of Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme, published in 1934.
- His most famous poem was Beida lan (The Hyacinth's Way) that traces a journey through life's ups and downs, published in 1963.
