Zaw Zaw Aung (writer)

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
  1. Skidmore, Monique (2005). Burma At The Turn Of The Twenty-first Century. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 188–193. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  2. "Zaw Zaw Aung, Writer Famed for Ushering in Modernism, Dies at 79". The Irrawaddy. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.


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