Nay Win Myint

He specialises in writing novellas and translated novels and won the Myanmar National Literature Award 3 times in 1992, 2002 and 2010.

For the novels Twelve Strings (ဆယ့်နှစ်ကြိုး) in 1996, 16 Small Houses (အိမ်ကလေးဆယ့်ခြောက်လုံး) in 2002 and a translation of Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace (ရေကန်သာ ကြာတိုင်းအေး) in 2010.

He was born on 6 February 1952 in Konzaung village, Pwintbyu Township, Magwe Division, Burma (Myanmar).

He has struggled and he has all the experiences such as singing, working in a brick factory, giving speeches and going on a lot of tours.

He has gone to several countries such as France, USA, China, Singapore, UAE, Thailand and Malaysia for literature works.