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Zaw Zaw
[edit]Ko Thein Zaw (Burmese:ကိုသိန်းဇော်; born 14 September 1984), also know as Zaw Zaw, is the founder of free public libraries in Myanmar. He established numerous libraries across various townships in Myanmar, enabling people to borrow and read books free of charge.[1]
Zaw Zaw
(Myanmar library founder) | |
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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]Zaw Zaw was born in Si Thar Village, Ka Taw Village Tract, Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region. Zaw Zaw established a free library while selling grilled fished in Myanmar.He used this earnings from selling grilled fish to purchase books and undertook initiatives such as sharing books for free, setting up libraries, and delivering books to readers to no cost.[2]
Library work
[edit]In 2007, Zaw Zaw established a free Libruary in Mandalay. He allowed local residents to borrow books from the library at no cost. For those unable to visit the Libruary, he delivered books directly to their homes by bicycle for readers, he organized reading-related activities at the library.[3][4]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2015, Zaw Zaw received the People's Prestide Award (Pyi Thu Gon Yi Award) in Yangon.[5] Ko Zaw Zaw, a founder of free libraries from Kyaukpadaung, Mandalay Region, was personally selected by States Counsellor Daw Aung San Su Kyi in july 2016 as someone worthy of recognition.[6] Sources a report that he used the income earned from selling grilled fish in yangon to fund his library initiatives.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Times, The Myanmar. "Don't lock up books, says Yangon's 'free librarian'". www.mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ စည်သူ (2016-10-30). အခမဲ့စာကြည့်တိုက်ပိုင်ရှင် ကိုဇော်ဇော် (in Burmese). Retrieved 2026-10-03 – via burmese.voanews.com.
- ↑ "Save The Library in Myanmar | Libraries.မန္တလေးစာကြည့်တိုက် From လှိုင်". savethelibrarymyanmar.org. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "သက်ဝင်လှုပ်ရှား ရွေ့လျားစာကြည့်တိုက်များ နိုင်ငံအနှံ့ ပြန့်စေချင်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "ပြည်သူ့ဂုဏ်ရည် ဆုပေးပွဲ ရန်ကုန် မှာ ကျင်းပ". မြန်မာဌာန (in Burmese). 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "Pioneer librarian honored by Aung San Suu Kyi | Coconuts". https://coconuts.co/. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ↑ ဆုမွန် (2016-08-16). "ငါးကင်ရောင်းရင်း စာကြည့်တိုက်ထူထောင်သူ ကိုဇော်ဇော် ကို ဒေါ်စု ချီးကျူးဂုဏ်ပြု". ဗွီအိုအေ (in Burmese). Retrieved 2026-10-03.
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