Ngwe Tar Yi

She began to write poetry when she was 15 years old. At 18 years of age in 1943, she began writing in the Tatthit Handbook, which was published by young people in the area of Tamwe. Then she published poetry and entered the literary world. Both her mother and father passed away that same year.

In the journals Dudo and Yu Waddy, she wrote vice-versa poems with one of her friends, MP Khin Pu (Pen name was Ngwe Wutt Yi), the daughter of Dudo U Ba Cho. Ngwe Wutt Yi died earlier than Ngwe Tar Yi. After her death, she wrote poem for her friend.^[4]

In 1944, she published Minn Sayy Yay Pell Mhuan Thalarr and kabyaarshe Short Novel (မင်ဆေးရည်ပဲ မှုန်သလားနှင့် ကဗျာရှင်ဝတ္ထုတို) and in 1947, she published the Malala Myaing Poems Book. In 1948, she visited India. Ngwe, in partnership with her husband published a book of Yadanar poems in 1954. In the same year, she received the Literary Translation Award (now called the National Literature Award) for her book Kabarkyaw aehswat Stories (ကမ္ဘာကျော် အီစွတ်ပုံပြင်များ စာအုပ်) in conjunction with her husband Min Yu Wai.

She wrote four poetry books. The 100 Poems of Ngwe Tar Yi was published in 1960. She also won the Poetry Prize (now also called the National Literature Award).

Her poems are still used today in middle and high school textbooks.

In 1952, she married Min Yu Wai, a writer (b) the education minister of Insein District, U Win Maung.