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:''Nwe Soe redirects here.'' Myo Min ((ビルマ語:မျိုးမင်း), ; 7 April 1910 – 21 September 1995) was a Burmese academic, journalist and writer, who wrote under the pen names of Nwe Soe (, (:nwɛ̀ só)), U Myo Min and Myint Win. He was one of the founders of the ''Khit-San Sarpay'' movement, the first modern literary movement in the history of Burmese literature. He was the longtime Professor of English at Rangoon University and later at Yangon Institute of Education. He also served in several academic and research organizations, including the Burma Historical Commission, the Burma Research Society, and the Burma Translation Society. For his services to the country, he was awarded the honorary titles of ''Wunna Kyawhtin'' in 1954 and ''Thiri Pyanchi'' in 1961 by the government. ==Brief== Myo Min was born on 7 April 1910 in Rangoon (Yangon) to Saw Nu () and her husband Po Min (), a senior civil servant in the British colonial administration. He was the youngest of four children. In his youth, his family constantly moved around the Irrawaddy delta, following the postings of the father, who would later retire as a Deputy Commissioner. Myo Min attended primary school in Hlegu, Rangoon, Kyaiklat, Myaungmya and Ma-ubin. From 5th Standard onward, he attended Rangoon's elite St. John's High School, and passed the university entrance examination with honors in five subjects in 1926.〔Nwe Soe 2010: 5〕 He enrolled in Rangoon University, where he was a classmate of U Thant,〔Bingham 1966: 89〕 and graduated in 1931 with a BA in English with honors. He went on to read law at the University of London, and received a BL in 1936. He returned to the university after the war and received an MA in 1947.〔 Myo Min started as an adjunct lecturer in English at Rangoon University in the late 1930s, and rose to be the Professor of English—the Department Chair—at the university in the early 1950s.〔〔(Allott 2004: 23): He was already Professor of English in March 1954 when he and Virginia Geiger, cultural attache at the US Embassy, organized a 3-day linguistics seminar in Rangoon.〕 After the University Education Act of 1964, which broke up Rangoon University into several independent universities and institutes, Prof Myo Min became the chair of the Department of English at Yangon Institute of Education.〔JBRS 1968: 37〕 As an extension of his academic career, he served in several prominent academic and research organizations. He was the secretary of the Bernard Free Library, and a member of the Burma Education Extension Association, the Burma Historical Commission, the Burma Research Society, and the Burma Translation Society. He was a longtime editor of the ''Journal of the Burma Research Society''.〔 He also served in the Office of the Prime Minister in the administration of Prime Minister U Nu.〔Butwell 1969: 142–143〕 For his services to the country, Prof Myo Min was awarded the honorary titles of ''Wunna Kyawhtin'' in 1954 and ''Thiri Pyanchi'' in 1961 by the government.〔 He was married to Khin Thin Nwe (, (:kʰɪ̀ɴ θɪ́ɴ nwɛ̰)), a lecturer and fellow academic, and they had four children, Khin Swe Min, Min Thet Mon, Kyaw Myo and Min Khin Myo. He died on 21 September 1995 in Yangon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Myo Min」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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