Paragu

Paragu
ပါရဂူ
Born
Hla Kyaing လှကြိုင်

(1921-11-10)10 November 1921
Thandantanaw village, Hinthada District, British Burma
Died9 April 2011(2011-04-09) (aged 89)
Yangon, Burma
Resting placeYayway Cemetery, Yangon
NationalityBurmese
Other namesWeizza
Hla Kyaing
Ponnayika
Alma materBanaras Hindu University
OccupationWriter
Parent(s)Ba Saw
May Thote

Paragu (Burmese: ပါရဂူ; pronounced [pàɹəɡù]; 10 November 1921 – 9 April 2011) was a Burmese writer. He was a multilingual writer in Burmese, Japanese, Hindi and Pali and published 100 books until he died. He built and owned a library, the Paragu Shantiniketan Library, in Yangon.[1] He was buried at the Yayway Cemetery in Yangon.[2]

References

  1. ^ Yeni (10 August 2006). "Dismay over National Library Move". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Prominent Burmese writer Paragu has died at age 91. Funeral services were held at the Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon on Monday". Mizzima. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  • ပြန်ကြားရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့ ဆက်ဆံရေး ဦးစီး ဌာန (ရုံးချုပ်) စာတည်း အဖွဲ့က စုဆောင်း ပြုစုတဲ့ 'နှစ်ဆယ် ရာစု မြန်မာ စာရေး ဆရာ များနှင့် စာစု စာရင်း' စာအုပ် (ပညာရွှေတောင် စာအုပ်တိုက်)၂ဝဝ၃ ခုနှစ်၊ ဧပြီလ(ပထမ အကြိမ်)