Literary
Writer Profile: Pho Kyawt
Writer Profile: Pho Kyawt
Pho Kyawt is an ethnic Rakhine writer, born in Kyaukphyu Township. He came to Yangon when he was 19 years old, working variously as a librarian and civil servant. He began to write seriously in 1960, publishing 57 novels mostly based on Arakanese history …
He won a National Literary Award in 1972 for Approaching to Victory and the Sarpay Beikmann Award 5 times 4 times for his novels and once for a collection of short stories. One novel, I Gave My Life for Thee was translated into English and published in 2018. He currently lives in Yangon.