He came into prominence by his nationalist article "Hell Hound at Large," which criticised British rulers and mayors in Burma.

Nyo Mya was born Maung Thein Tin on 10 April 1914, to parents Tha Zan (a T.P.S.

Nyo Mya began his education at a primary school headed by Saya Hlaing, and under the Kyatthun Zay Sayadaw U Nyāna.

In the 1935–1936 volume of Oway, he wrote "Hell Hound at Large," among the most prominent critical literary pieces of British colonialism in Burma.

Some of his famous books include: Nyo Mya died at the Rangoon General Hospital on 29 September 1985.