Draft:Thein Zaw
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Zaw Zaw
[edit]Thein Zaw (Burmese: ကိုသိန်းဇော်; also known as Zaw Zaw (ဇော်ဇော်); born 14 September 1984) is a Myanmar librarian and book-sharing advocate. He is known for establishing free libraries and promoting access to books through free lending and bicycle delivery services.[1]
Zaw Zaw | |
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| Born | Ko Thein Zaw
14 September 1984 (age 42) Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar |
| Spouse | Aye Su Han |
| Children | Bhone Thin Kha |
| Parent | U Kyaw Than (Father) Daw Khin Htwe Yi (Mother) |
| Website | https://savethelibrarymyanmar.org/library/details/47 |
Early life and education
[edit]Thein Zaw (also known as Zaw Zaw) was born in Si Tha Village, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. He grew up in a farming and manual-labor family and developed an interest in reading and literature from an early age. He received education up to Grade 4.[2]
Library work
[edit]In 2007, Zaw Zaw established the Mandalay Free Library. He provided books to local residents free of charge and also delivered books to people’s homes by bicycle. He used various methods to encourage people to read, including providing guitars and other activities for readers. He later aimed to establish free libraries throughout Myanmar.[3]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2015, Zaw Zaw received a special Citizen of Burma Award for establishing and operating the free Mandalay Library in Yangon. In 2016, he was selected as a person worthy of recognition for July by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for his contributions to social and educational activities.[4] In August 2016, Zaw Zaw was recognized as a person worthy of praise for July by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.[5] He was recognized for his efforts to make books accessible to the public, establish free libraries, and encourage younger generations to read and learn.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ↑ စည်သူ (2016-10-30). အခမဲ့စာကြည့်တိုက်ပိုင်ရှင် ကိုဇော်ဇော် (in Burmese). Retrieved 2026-10-02 – via burmese.voanews.com.
- ↑ Masaw (2020-09-13). "ပညာေရးျမင္ကြင္း: အခမဲ့စာကြည့်တိုက် ထူထောင်သူ". ပညာေရးျမင္ကြင္း. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "Save The Library in Myanmar | Libraries.မန္တလေးစာကြည့်တိုက် From လှိုင်". savethelibrarymyanmar.org. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "ပြည်သူ့ဂုဏ်ရည် ဆုပေးပွဲ ရန်ကုန် မှာ ကျင်းပ". မြန်မာဌာန (in Burmese). 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ ဆုမွန် (2016-08-16). "ငါးကင်ရောင်းရင်း စာကြည့်တိုက်ထူထောင်သူ ကိုဇော်ဇော် ကို ဒေါ်စု ချီးကျူးဂုဏ်ပြု". ဗွီအိုအေ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "၂ဝ၁၅ ပြည်သူ့ဂုဏ်ရည်ဆု မဖြိုးဖြိုးအောင် ရရှိ". မြန်မာဌာန (in Burmese). 2015-06-08. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "Let mobile libraries mushroom nationwide". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
- ↑ "သက်ဝင်လှုပ်ရှား ရွေ့လျားစာကြည့်တိုက်များ နိုင်ငံအနှံ့ ပြန့်စေချင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
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