Maung Htin

Maung Htin (မောင်ထင်; born Htin Fatt) was a prolific Burmese writer and journalist, best known for his classic 1947 novel Nga Ba (MY ငဘ), which portrayed the lives of downtrodden farmers. In 2003, the Government of Myanmar awarded him with a national lifetime achievement award in literature. In 1933, he graduated from Rangoon University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Burmese.