# Moe Hein

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{{Short description|Burmese poet and philanthropist}}
{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Moe Hein}}
{{distinguish|Moe Hein (journalist)}}
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| name        = Moe Hein
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| birth_date  = 10 December 1942
| birth_place = [Burma](/source/Burma)
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2010|09|23|1942|12|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [Bahan Township](/source/Bahan_Township), [Yangon](/source/Yangon), Myanmar
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| known_for   = Poetry
| occupation  = Teacher
| parents     = [Chit Maung](/source/Chit_Maung)<br/>[Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay](/source/Journal_Kyaw_Ma_Ma_Lay)
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'''Moe Hein''' ({{langx|my|မိုးဟိန်း}}; 10 December 1942 – 23 September 2010) was a [Burmese](/source/Burma) [poet](/source/poet) and [philanthropist](/source/philanthropist).

==Biography==

Moe Hein was born on 10 December 1942, as the youngest son of the journalist and writer [Journal Kyaw U Chit Maung](/source/Chit_Maung) and the writer [Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay](/source/Journal_Kyaw_Ma_Ma_Lay).<ref name=MTimes20110213/> His father was a friend and colleague of the revolutionary nationalist [Aung San](/source/Aung_San).<ref name=Irrawaddy20100923/>

He went to school in Darjeeling, India.<ref name=Mizzima/> His first book was an English translation of [Nanda Thein Zan](/source/Nanda_Thein_Zan)'s novel ''Passing Over Rough Ground''.<ref name=MTimes20110213/> Moe Hein also wrote travelogues, memoirs, a collection of poems and articles on religion.<ref name=Irrawaddy20100923/>

He contributed a wide variety of articles to journals and magazines between 1961 and 2007, writing under the pen names "Think" and "Son of Journal Kyaw".<ref name=MTimes20110213/>
His lifetime Buddhist philosophy was evident in his 1999 English-language ''Harmony of Head and Heart''.<ref name=Mizzima/>

Moe Hein, his mother and stepfather were among other activist writers and politicians who were detained by the military regime, although later released.<ref name=Mizzima/> Moe Hein worked as a volunteer teaching English in Buddhist monasteries.<ref name=Irrawaddy20100923/>

He sponsored construction of the Maha Paritta pagoda at Shwegugyi monastery, between [Natogyi](/source/Natogyi) and [Myingyan](/source/Myingyan) townships in Mandalay Division.<ref name=Mizzima/> In 2007 he built an orphanage in [Pyin U Lwin](/source/Pyin_U_Lwin) township, [Mandalay Region](/source/Mandalay_Region). He taught at the [Pariyatti Sasana University](/source/Pariyatti_Sasana_University) in [Yangon](/source/Yangon). His topics included Buddhist philosophy, ethics and the English language. From 2007 he was an adviser to the ''Aung Pin Lae'' environmental magazine.<ref name=MTimes20110213/>

Moe Hein was diagnosed with throat cancer in December 2009.<ref name=Irrawaddy20100923/>  Writing of the diagnosis in an article called ''An Open Letter to the Angel of Death'' he said "the arrow shot by infirmity, right-hand man of the angel of death, hit me in the throat in late 2008".<ref name=Mizzima/> He died on 23 September 2010 in [Bahan Township](/source/Bahan_Township), [Yangon](/source/Yangon).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2010/news/543/54321news.html|title=Writer, poet U Moe Hein passes away|last=Thae Thae Htwe|date=4 October 2010|publisher=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041842/http://mmtimes.com/2010/news/543/54321news.html|archivedate=19 July 2011}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.<ref name=Irrawaddy20100923/>

His final book of poems, ''Midnight Rainbow'', was published in February 2011 by Hkakabo Sarpay.
Most of the 58 poems had been published in ''The Light of English'' or ''The International'' magazines.<ref name=MTimes20110213/>

==Bibliography==

*1983 ''Through Life's Perils'' by [Nandar Thein Zan](/source/Nandar_Thein_Zan) (translation)
*1999 ''Harmony of Head and Heart'', English, Poetry anthology 
*2002 ''Sweet Scent of Padauk and Dockchampa'', Anthology  
* ''First Turning Point'', anthology of articles and poetry
* ''Mind and Concise Vipassana'' by Pegu's Dr. [Ashin Pyin Nyeint Thara](/source/Ashin_Pyin_Nyeint_Thara) (translation)
*2010 ''An Outside Dream'', travelogue based on his visit to the University of Iowa in the United States
*2011 ''Midnight Rainbow'' (English) poetry anthology

==References==
{{Reflist |refs=
<ref name=Irrawaddy20100923>{{cite journal
 |url         = http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19537
 |title       = Poet Moe Hein Dies
 |journal     = The Irrawaddy
 |date        = September 23, 2010
 |accessdate  = 2012-02-17
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110302194822/http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19537
 |archivedate = March 2, 2011
}}</ref>
<ref name=Mizzima>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/4397-poet-and-altruist-moe-hein-succumbs-to-angel-of-death-.html
 |title       = Poet and altruist Moe Hein succumbs to 'angel of death'
 |date        = 24 September 2010
 |author      = Ko Wild
 |work        = Mizzima
 |accessdate  = 2012-02-17
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120216112833/http://mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/4397-poet-and-altruist-moe-hein-succumbs-to-angel-of-death-.html
 |archivedate = 16 February 2012
}}</ref> 
<ref name=MTimes20110213>{{cite journal
 |url         = http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/timeout/561/timeout56103.html
 |title       = U Moe Hein's final poems published
 |author      = Thae Thae Htwe
 |date        = February 7–13, 2011
 |journal        = [Myanmar Times](/source/Myanmar_Times)
 |accessdate  = 2012-02-17
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110213171940/http://mmtimes.com/2011/timeout/561/timeout56103.html
 |archivedate = 2011-02-13
}}</ref>
}}

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Category:21st-century Burmese poets
Category:2010 deaths
Category:1942 births
Category:20th-century Burmese poets
Category:International Writing Program alumni
Category:Burmese male poets
Category:20th-century Burmese male writers
Category:21st-century male writers

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