Maung Thar Cho

In 1997, he won the Mandalay Reader's Favorite Literary Award for his article Stars Ahead of Us (ဖျတ်ခနဲတွေ့ရသည့် ကျွန်တော်တို့ရှေ့က ကြယ်တာရာများ). In 1999, he won the Phyu Friends Literary Award for his article For Daughter to Read (သမီးလေးဖတ်ဖို့). In 2000, he won the Taungoo New Archive Literary Award for his book Articles for My Daughter to Read. In 2004, he won the Htan Yeik Nyo Literary Award for his book Linkara Road. In 2009, he was awarded the Tun Foundation Literary Award for his book Articles for My Daughter to Read.

He graduated from Yangon University in 1981 with a BA Myanmar. In 1983, he graduated with an honorary BA Myanmar. He received his master's degree in 1988.

He began his literary career in 1973 when he was in 10 Grade. A poem 'Khit Thit Metta', for the first time, appeared in the December issue of Thaung Pyaung Htwela magazine is the piece with which he is said to become an author. In 1988, he became a senior editor of Eainmet Phoo Magazine.

Maung Thar Cho (Burmese: မောင်သာချို; born 11 March 1958) is a prominent Burmese writer, academic, professor and politician. He is currently serving as a professor of Myanmar literature at the Yangon Teacher Training College. He wrote satirical articles for the 7Day Daily newspaper under the pseudonym of Jack - Kungyangon. These pieces proved immensely popular and earned him a following among NLD supporters, who invited him to literary talks around the country.

Maung That Cho was born on 11 March 1958 in Thonegwa village, Kungyangon Township, Yangon Division, Myanmar. He is the eldest child among three siblings.