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April 7, 2008
Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (born 1915)
Ludu Daw Amar
Ludu Daw Amar was a well-known and respected leading dissident writer and journalist in Mandalay, Burma. She was married to fellow writer and journalist Ludu U Hla and was the mother of popular writer Nyi Pu Lay. She is best known for her outspoken anti-government views and radical left wing journalism besides her outstanding work on traditional Burmese arts, theatre, dance and music, and several works of translation from English, both fiction and non-fiction.