Background
Khin Khin Lay was born Khin Lay Latt (ခင်လေးလတ် ) in Mandalay to Khin Khin Latt and Myat Kyaw, a police officer
Khin Khin Lay was born Khin Lay Latt (ခင်လေးလတ် ) in Mandalay to Khin Khin Latt and Myat Kyaw, a police officer
At 18, she published magazine in Mandalay. She founded Dagaon magazine and started writing under the penname "Dagon Khin Khin Lay". She also wrote horror novels as "Ko Ko Lay" and the political literature as "Yuwati Lay Ni".
Khin Khin Lay was married to a fellow journalist and publisher of Bama-Khit newspaper, Ohn Khin.
She died on 23 June 1981 in Yangon. She was 77.
Founder of Dagon Publishing Company, Khin Khin Lay, along with Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay and Ludu Daw Amar, she was one of the few female publishers in Burma. Khin Khin Lay was only 12 when she won a literary award competition with her first novel Nwe Nwe in 1917. She was also a founder of Burma Women Writers Association.
