He was a recipient of PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award[1] and selected for 2010 Time 100 list under Hero Categories.
[3] Nay Phone Latt graduated with Engineering degree from Yangon Technological University.
Nay Phone Latt was arrested in January 2008 and sentenced to total of 20 years and 6 months in prison under Electronic act, creating public alarm and video act due to his alleged involvement in spreading news during 2007 Saffron Revolution using his blogs.
[4] He wrote regularly in a Burmese internet magazine Thanlwin Ainmat (သံလွင်အိမ်မက်, Dream of Salween River) and his personal blog, The City that I have dropped (ကနော်လွတ်ကျခဲ့တဲ့မြို့တော်) before he was arrested.
[7] He successfully ran for a seat in parliament in 2015 general elections from National League for Democracy.