Veteran writer and translator U Tin Maung Myint, a recipient of Myanmar's National Literary Award on five occasions and winner of the Lifetime National Literary Award, has passed away, according to sources close to the literary community.
He died at around 12:30 pm. on June 18 at Pinlon Hospital in Yangon. He was 90 years old.
U Tin Maung Myint was born on September 19, 1936, in Sitkyun Village, Hinthada District, Ayeyarwady Region, to U Maung Dwe and Daw Kyawt Sein.
He joined the Burma Oil Company (BOC), now Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), in 1961 and retired in 1994 as an accounting officer.
In addition to his professional career, he played an active role in Myanmar's literary field. He served as a member of the editorial board of Thee Oo Pan Magazine in 1985 and became Deputy Editor-in-Chief of journalist Ahtut Taw Hla Aung's “News magazine” in 1988.
Renowned for his translations, U Tin Maung Myint authored more than 100 translated works. He won the National Literary Award five times for Madame Curie (Knowledge, 2001), The Wingless Lonely Songbird (Literature, 2004), Black Dreams, Emerald Love (Literature, 2007), Hope (Literature, 2011), and Crime and Punishment (Literature, 2012).
He was honored with the Lifetime National Literary Award in 2018 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Myanmar literature
