Htin Aung

Htin Aung ထင်အောင်
Born	1909 Rangoon, British Burma
Died	1978 Yangon, Burma (Myanmar)
Residence	Yangon
Citizenship	Burmese
Nationality	Burmese
Fields	Burmese history and culture
Institutions	University of Rangoon
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Oxford
Influences	G.E. Harvey
Influenced	Kyaw Thet, Than Tun

Burmese Ambassador to Sri Lanka
In office 1959–1962
Prime Minister	Ne Win (1959–1960) U Nu (1960–1962)
Vice Chancellor of University of Rangoon
In office 1959–1959
Rector of University of Rangoon
In office 1946–1958
Personal details
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Dr. Htin Aung (Burmese: ထင်အောင်; IPA: [tʰɪ̀ɴ àuɴ]; also Maung Htin Aung; 1909–1978) was an important author and scholar of Burmese history and Burmese culture. Oxford and Cambridge educated Htin Aung wrote several books on Burmese history and culture in both Burmese and English. His English language works brought a much-needed Burmese perspective to the international study of Burmese history, hitherto written by British historians of the colonial era. His important works include A History of Burma, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, and Burmese Drama.

Htin Aung, as the rector of the University of Rangoon from 1946 to 1958, was the highest ranking academic in the Burmese education system, at the time.

Career

Dr. Htin Aung was born to a Burmese aristocratic family in 1909. He was a great-great-grandson of Maha Minhla Mindin Raza, a military officer in the Konbaung court, who fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War.^[1][2] He was the youngest brother of Tin Tut, Myint Thein and Kyaw Myint.

Htin Aung graduated from Yangon's elite St. Paul's English High School.^[3] He went on to receive a Bachelor of Laws from Cambridge University, a Bachelor in Civil Law from Oxford University, and doctorates in Anthropology and Literature.^[4] Dr. Htin Aung was the Rector of Rangoon University (Yangon University) from 1946 to 1958 and Vice Chancellor in 1959. He was appointed Ambassador to Sri Lanka from 1959 to 1962. He later became a visiting professor at Columbia University and then at Wake Forest University.

Bibliography

Htin Aung authored many important books on Myanmar, under the pen name of Maung Htin Aung. His books are widely used in the study of the comparatively under-documented history and culture of Myanmar.

1. Burmese Drama (Oxford University Press, 1937)
2. Burmese Folk-Tales (Oxford University Press, 1948)
3. Burmese Drama: A study, with translations, of Burmese plays (Oxford University Press, 1956)
4. Burmese Law Tales (Oxford University Press, 1962)
5. Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 1962).
6. The Stricken Peacock: An Account of Anglo-Burmese Relations 1752-1948 (Martinus Nijhoff, 1965)
7. Burmese Monk's Tales (Columbia University Press, 1966)
8. Epistles Written on Eve of Anglo-Burmese War (Martinus Nijhoff, 1967)
9. A History of Burma (Columbia University Press, 1967)
10. Lord Randolph Churchill and the dancing peacock : British conquest of Burma 1885
11. Burmese history before 1287: A Defence of the Chronicles (1970).
12. Folk Tales of Burma (Sterling Publishers, 1976)

References

1. ^ A History of Burma. New York and London: Columbia University Press. 1967. 
2. ^ Htin Aung (1973) (in Burmese). Beyond Nyaungyang (Burmese translation of The Stricken Peacock). Yangon: Sapemwethu. 
3. ^ International Who's Who: 1964 (28 ed.). 1964. p. 43. 
4. ^ G.E . Harvey: Imperialist or Historian, A lecture given at the Ramakrishna Hall on 21st February 1973

• National University of Singapore Author Database, Retrieved 2008-10-29
• A History of Burma (Columbia University Press 1967), About the Author Section

Persondata
Name	Htin Aung
Alternative names	Maung Htin Aung
Short description
Date of birth	1909
Place of birth	Yangon, Burma
Date of death	1978
Place of death	Yangon