Hsu Shin

{{Short description|Burmese writer}}

{{Burmese name|Maung}}

{{family name hatnote|lang=Burmese|Hsu Shin}}

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| honorific_prefix = Maung

| name = Hsu Shin

| native_name = {{lang|my|ဆုရှင်}}

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| caption = Hsu Shin

| birth_name = Myo Thant

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|01}}

| birth_place = Myaungmya, British Burma

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|06|02|1932|01|01|df=yes}}

| death_place = North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar

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| nationality = Burmese

| other_names = Maung Kaung Myint
Maung Kyi Phyu
U Ba Khant
Win Thant
Aung Thu

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| occupation = Writer

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| alma_mater = Rangoon University
Syracuse University
Boston University

| awards = Burma National Literature Award (1967, 2002)
Thuta Swesone literary award (2006)

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Maung Hsu Shin ({{langx|my|ဆုရှင်}}), also spelt Maung Su Shin, born Myo Thant, was a prominent Burmese writer,{{cite news |title=School becomes 23rd building on heritage list |url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/school-becomes-23rd-building-heritage-list.html |accessdate=21 November 2018 |work=Myanmar Times |ref=Among its most distinguished alumni are famous writers Hsu Shin and Ma Sandar, historian Myoma Myint Kywe; and Maung Maung Kha, Myanmar’s first physicist. |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412021748/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/school-becomes-23rd-building-heritage-list.html |url-status=dead }} best known for his science works. He attended Myoma High School in Yangon.{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no474/n004.htm|title=Famed science writer, translator Maung Su Shin passes away|last=Zon Pann Pwint|date=8 June 2009|newspaper=Myanmar Times|accessdate=8 April 2012}}