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Sayawun Tin Shwe

Sayawun
Tin Shwe
Native name ဆရာဝန် တင်ရွှေ
Born Tin Shwe
1936
Moulmein, British Burma
Died 2000 (aged 63–64)
Myanmar
Nationality Burmese
Alma mater Rangoon Medical College
Occupation Writer
Spouse(s) Aye Thant
Children Tin Tin Aye
Thet Thet Shwe
Thet Lwin Shwe
Parent(s) Pa
Shin Shin
Awards National Literature Award

Sayawun Tin Shwe (Burmese: တင်ရွှေ; died December 2000) was a prominent physician and author in Myanmar.

He was a committee member of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association (MWJA), and founded the Tin Shwe publishing house.

His widow, Daw Aye Thant, established the annual Sayawun Tin Shwe Award in his memory. This award, given with the assistance of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association, gives awards for new books to encourage the development of Myanmar literature.

Sayawun Tin Shwe was Medical Superintendent of the Htaukkyant Leprosarium, near Rangoon. He wrote fiction as well as medical articles.

In 1963, Tin Shwe won the National Literature Award in the General Knowledge Literature category. In August 1996 Dr. Tin Shwe of the Medical Research Department was a member of a delegation of Myanmar writers that visited Russia. In June 2000 Tin Shwe was Chairman of the MWJA Health and Welfare Work Committee.


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