Zawgyi (writer)
Burmese writer
Died when: 83 years 167 days (1001 months)Star Sign: Aries
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, refers to a mythical wizard from Burmese mythology.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.
