# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/htin-aung
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:40:57.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/htin-aung"
name: "Htin Aung"
slug: "htin-aung"
description: "Htin Aung was a writer and scholar of Burmese culture and history. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, 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, previously written by British historians of the colonial era. His important works include A History of Burma, Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism, Selections from Burmese Folk Tales, Thirty Burmese Tales and Burmese Drama."
tagline: "Burmese scholar (1909–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Htin_Aung.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-05-18"
deathDate: "1978-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.13
  momentum:             8.013245033112582
  historical:           7.009792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ทีนออง"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "هتين اونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htin_Aung"
    title: "Htin Aung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htin_Aung"
    title: "Htin Aung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%91%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA"
    title: "ထင်အောင်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htin_Aung"
    title: "Htin Aung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htin_Aung"
    title: "Htin Aung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Маун Тхин Аун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump