A Literary Genius(Part-1)

A Literary Genius
THAKHIN KODAW HMAING
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Part-1
Thakhin Kodaw Hmaing was born Maung Lun near Shwedaung in Lower Myanmar. He was sent at an early age to be educated in the traditional manner in Mandalay, and at the age of 9, he witnessed the fall of the Konbaung dynasty and the abduction of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat by the British, being taken away in a carriage, near the queen's own Myadaung Monastery where he was a boarder. It was a scene that he would never forget and one that sparked his lifelong struggle for independence.
In 1894, Kodaw Hmaing moved to Yangon to start his career as a playwright, and switched to journalism later on writing articles for a newspaper in Mawlamying. In 1903, he married Ma Shin, whom he had met in Yangon and returned to the capital as the nationalist movement was gaining momentum in 1911 to work for the Thuriya(Sun) newspaper. Writing under his own name Maung Lun or Saya Lun, he contributed regularly to the paper and other publications such as the Dagon magazine where he later became an editor.
To be continued...
(Special thanks to Top English magazine)