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Than E
Ma Than E Fend ((ビルマ語:မသန်းအေး), also known by her baptismal name Dora) was a prominent Burmese singer in the early 20th century, known by her stage name Bilat Pyan Than (), and an international civil servant who spent a long career in the United Nations. She married an Austrian documentary filmmaker, Warner Fend, and had a great influence on Aung San Suu Kyi, as Than E, a family friend, persuaded Suu Kyi to relocate to New York City and work for the United Nations. Than E was born to a Baptist family and attended Rangoon University, before joining the Teacher's Training College. During the Japanese invasion of Burma in World War II, Than E escaped to India to work for the All India Radio's Burmese language service and subsequently spent the rest of her life abroad.〔 She died at a retirement home in Oxford, United Kingdom on 17 June 2007. ==Early life== Than E was born in Rangoon, Burma to U Po Mya and Daw Htoo. Her father worked for a European trading firm and later taught Burmese and Pali at St. Paul's School for Boys (now BEHS No. 6). He also taught Englishmen who had to show the certificate of proficiency in Burmese for their government or commercial positions. Her mother taught at the Boys Methodist School. Than E attended English Methodist Girls School (now BEHS No. 1 Dagon). When Than E was thirteen, her father suffered a stroke from stress and strain of unsuccessfully prospecting for tin and wolfram minerals in the malaria infested Tenassarim Division (now Taninthayi Region). He was bedridden for nearly two years before he died. Daw Htoo struggled under much hardship as a single mother to bring up her three children: Dora Than E and her brothers Tommy Thaung Tin and John Than Tin. At sixteen, Than E entered the Baptist-affiliated Judson College within the Rangoon University (now Yangon University) majoring in English Literature, Indian History and Philosophy. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the age of 20.
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