Khin Khin Htoo


Khin Khin Htoo is a Mandalay-based Myanmar National Literature Award winning writer. Her works are known for their coverage of the traditional Burmese culture, and beauty of Burmese people of Upper Myanmar. She is the only one daughter of the 6 siblings. She is married to Nay Win Myint, also a writer.She has a daughter of 16 years old named Phway Phway Nay Win Myint.
Khin Khin Htoo entered the Burmese literary scene in 1993 with the short story Pann Pan Ba Ya Ze. She has written over one hundred short stories and numerous articles on sports, one of her hobbies. Her novellas has been directed as films. “Kyo Tann”, “Pan Kyar Wut Hmone”, “Mingalar Hlae” and upcoming “Kha Mae Kyo” are films based on her novellas. She is most well-known for her novel “Ma Eain Kan” a suspense,true story of a beautiful woman of greed. Many people admired her as she is rated as one of the best female authors in Myanmar. Her upcoming novel “Hlay Thagyi Kadaw” is based on the life of her parents and herself. “Kha Mae Kyo” / “Ma Eain Kan” / Pan Kyar Wut Hmone / “Taw Minthamee” and “Phat Sein Koon Down Shwe Wut Htu To Myar” are the best-written and most famous novellas. Her fans like her novellas as she is clear and direct writer with digestive writing. She often writes novellas about her daughter, her brothers,her parents and her town. She has gone to many countries such as UAE, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand along with her literature works.

Works

Short story collections