Ponnya Khin

In this Burmese name, the given name is Ponnya Khin. There is no family name.

Ponnya Khin (Burmese: ပုညခင်; born 22 September 1972) is a Burmese novelist and writer, known for her best-selling novel Kya Ma Ka Hnin Si Par Maung (I'm Rose, Darling).^[1][2][3] She is a prolific writer, having produced 125 novels and 6 short story collections.^[4]

Ponnya Khin
Native name	ပုညခင်
Born	(1972-09-22) 22 September 1972 (age 52) Kyaunggon, Myanmar
Occupation	Writer
Alma mater	Yangon University

Biography

Ponnya Khin was born on 22 September 1972 in the Irawaddy Delta town of Kyaunggon in Bassein District (now Pathein). At the age of 19, became a village primary school teacher while studying for her degree. During that time, she started writing novels and short stories. In 1995, she resigned from teaching.^[5]

Ponnya moved to Yangon and took a post-graduate course in Applied Psychology at Yangon University and began to publish novels based on her personal experiences. Ponnya Khin's novels describe the conditions of the rural education system and life as a village schoolteacher, urban social life, the life of girls and her personal experiences.^[1]

Works

• A Nauk Taung A Yat Hma Lar Khe Thu (Girl from the South West)
• A Shay Ta Khar A Win (Enter by the Front Door)
• Min Ga La Bar Sayama (Auspicious Day, Teacher) ^[1]
• Lat Kyan La Yaung
• Taung Dan Dway Yae A Lon (Beyond the mountains)

Film adaptations

Many of Ponnya Khin's most popular novels have been adapted into Burmese language films,^[4] including:

• Kya Ma Ka Hnin Si Par Maung (I'm Rose, Darling)
• A Nan Wine (Kiss Wine)
• Yat Yat Sat Sat Moe (Cruel Rain)
• Hmaw Sayar Phan Sin De Chit Chin
• Phwet Kabyar (Love Poem Created by a Wizard)
• A Htet Tan Sar….Yay
• Khit Ye Thamee Pyo Myar (Girls of the Era)

References

1. "Ponnya Khin". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "Would that Yangon University Campus had been out of hibernation, always!". Global New Light (in Burmese). 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Would that Yangon University Campus had been out of hibernation, always!, Writer Ponnya Khin". moi.gov.mm (in Burmese). Retrieved 16 September 2018.
4. Stewart, Lucas (2019-10-23). "Writer Profile: Ponnya Khin". Lucas Stewart. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
5. Lin Lin Khaing (6 December 2015). "Reel time for chick lit". Weekly Eleven. Retrieved 16 September 2018.