Zaw Zaw Aung (writer)
Appearance
Zaw Zaw Aung (Burmese: ဇော်ဇော်အောင်; 1937–2016) was a Burmese author, critic and public intellectual, best known for introducing the concepts of modernism and post-modernism to Burmese readers.[1] He was born in Monywa, and attended Mandalay University. He earned a master's degree from Rangoon University and later taught there. Aung died in Rangoon on January 26, 2016.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Skidmore, Monique (2005). Burma At The Turn Of The Twenty-first Century. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 188–193. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ "Zaw Zaw Aung, Writer Famed for Ushering in Modernism, Dies at 79". The Irrawaddy. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.