Htin Aung

Early life and education Htin Aung was born to a Burmese aristocratic family on 18 May 1909. His parents were U Hpein and Daw Mi Mi. 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. He had six other siblings. He was the youngest of four brothers, including Tin Tut, Myint Thein and Kyaw Myint.

Htin Aung graduated from Yangon's elite St. Paul's English High School. After leaving the University of Rangoon with an Honours BA Degree with the distinction of the University Gold medal, he went on to receive a Bachelor of Laws from Cambridge University, a Bachelor in Civil Law from Oxford University, a Master of Laws from the University of London, and doctorates in Anthropology and Literature from Trinity College, Dublin. He was also called to the English bar by Lincoln's Inn, London.

Career 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.

List of works 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.

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