YANGON----- National Lifetime Award for Literary Achievement winner Sayagyi Maung Paw Tun @ Khin Maung Soe died at the age of 87 at the military hospital in Yangon Region on August 13th, according to Sayar Htut Khaung who is a pupil of Sayargyi Maung Paw Tun.
The funeral ceremony will be held at the Yeway Cemetery this afternoon.
Sayargyi Maung Paw Tun @Khin Maung Soe was son of artist and wood carver U Maung Pu and Daw Aye and born on 14 May 1935 in Shwemyatwah Village in Manaung Township of Rakhine State.
He translated the novels and wrote articles for magazines and journals and worked as an editor, editor-in-chief and consultant editor at Sar-Oak-Law-Ka Sar Saung, Pan Magazine, Cherry Magazine and Economic Magazine.
In 1978, he retired from the position of supervisor of the Sarpay Beikman book association.
In 1997, he won the national literacy award for translating “Annie” and the second time for translating “Mera Naam Joker” in 2006. The government presented National Lifetime Award for Literary Achievement to him in 2014.
He translated and published about 50 novels including Revolt on the Nile, My Husband and My Lover, Pentagonism: A Substitute for Imperialism, The Big Wave and so on.
