Renowned writer Dr. Ma Tin Win passes away at 86

It has been learned from literary circles that renowned writer Dr. Ma Tin Win has passed away at the age of 86. It was reported that she passed away on the morning of July 10 in Yangon. Dr. Ma Tin Win was born in 1940 in the town of Sinthegyun, Minbu District, to father U Ba Htay and mother Daw Yin Yin, and her birth name was Ma Tin Win. She passed the matriculation examination in 1956 from No. 1 High School, Yenangyaung, Magway Region, and completed the intermediate course in 1958 from Magway Intermediate College. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yangon University in 1961 and went to the Soviet Union for further studies, obtaining a Master of Education degree from the Faculty of Education, Yangon University in 1963. In 1970, she obtained a PhD in Education from the Faculty of Education, Yangon University. In 2001, she received the National Literary Award (Politics) for her book "Looking Back at Konbaung," in 2003, she received the National Literary Award (Political Literature) for her book "Colonialists Who Divided and Conquered Asian Countries," in 2004, she received the National Literary Award (General Literature) for her book "The Historical Dictionary of Men's Words," and in 2021, she received the National Literary Lifetime Achievement Award.