Aw Pi Kyeh also A Pi Kyè (အော်ပီကျယ်; born 24 July 1959) is a famous cartoonist in Myanmar.[1][2][3][4][5]

Aw Pi Kyeh
အော်ပီကျယ်
Born (1959-07-24) 24 July 1959 (age 64)
Pakokku District, Yenanchaung village
NationalityBurmese
Known for

Early life and education edit

He was born in 1959 July 24 in the Yenanchaung village, Pakokku District and given the birth name Win Naing. His father is Thaung Sein and his mother is Khin Aye.

In 1982, he graduated with a BE (Mech) from Yangon Technological University and a MPA (Master of Public Administration) from Harvard University in 2001.

Career edit

In 1981, he started drawing cartoons in magazines. From 1982 to 1988, he worked as a car engineer and rice mill engineer. He has worked as a full-time cartoonist since 4 April 1989. He also occasionally created advertising designs and CDs.

Publications edit

  • Aw Pi Kye Cartoons - First Volume (အော်ပီကျယ်ကာတွန်းများ ၁) -1990
  • Aw Pi Kye Cartoons - Second Volume (အော်ပီကျယ်ကာတွန်းများ ၂) - 1994
  • Two Sheep (သိုးနှစ်ကောင်) - 1997
  • Domestic Comics (ပြည်တွင်းဖြစ်ကာတွန်းများ) - 1998
  • Rates (ဈေးနှုန်းများ) - 1999

References edit

  1. ^ "အော်ပီကျယ်" (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "အော်ပီကျယ် ကာတွန်း-၁".
  3. ^ "မြန်မာ့ သတင်းစာ ပညာဆု" (in Burmese). 29 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Among Myanmar's democracy heroes, few willing to stand for the Rohingya".
  5. ^ Advertising and Marketing Guide Magazine No. 62, 2000; July