Min Khaike Soe San
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Zaw Naing Ngan Soe
Min Khaike Soe San | |
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| Native name | မင်းခိုက်စိုးစန် |
| Born | 18 September 1972 Yangon, Myanmar |
| Pen name | Thadoe Tayza Zaw Naing Ngan Soe |
| Occupation | Writer, physician, film director, screenwriter |
| Notable works | Gauche Stories |
| Notable awards | Myanmar National Literature Award for Collected Short Stories (2021) S.E.A. Write Award (2023) |
Min Khaike Soe San (Burmese: မင်းခိုက်စိုးစန်; born Kyaw Soe (ကျော်စိုး); 18 September 1972) is a Burmese writer, physician, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels ZERO (2003), Coffee Evening (2004), Broken Heart Junction of a Gypsy (2005), Tomorrow Programmed (2005), and Currency of the Kingdom of Death (2012). Min Khaike Soe San won the 2021 Myanmar National Literature Award for Collected Short Stories for his short story collection, Gauche Stories.[1]
Min Khaike Soe San was born on 18 September 1972, in Yangon, Myanmar. His father, Mya Win, and his mother, Aye Kywe, were high school teachers. At the age of 5, his father died. His younger sister was also deceased, eight months after his father's funeral. He passed the matriculation exam with flying colors in 1988. Continuing his education, he obtained an M.B.B.S. degree from the Institute of Medicine 2 in 2001.[2]