The Thuta Swesone literary awards have been presented by the Swesone Media group since 2006.[1] They are sponsored by Tin Tun Oo, the cofounder of the Myanmar Times.[2] The awards complement the government's National Literary Awards and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards and the Sayawun Tin Shwe Award, Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award and Tun Foundation award.[3]
Awards by year
2007 awards
The fourth awards, for the year 2007, were announced in February 2009. A panel of eight judges from Swesone Media Group and from the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association chose the winners. The 79-year-old writer and historian Khin Maung Nyunt won the lifetime achievement prize. Maung Tun Lwin (Meteorology) won the Science knowledge prize for The Girl Called La Niña and Articles about Natural Disasters. Other awards for books published in 2007 were won by Maung Zayyar, Hmu Thamein, Kyaw Oo Hla, Chit Swe Myint, Maung Hla Thaung, Chit Naing (Psychology), H E U Hla Maung (Eco) and Aung (MC1).[1]
2008 awards
The awards for the year 2008 were presented on 1 March 2010 at Traders Hotel in Yangon. Minister for Information Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan attended the prize presentation ceremony. Winners were:[4]
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | U Chit San (Chit San Win) |
| Socio-economic) | Dr Chit |
| Arts | Tekkatho Sein Tin |
| Foreign Affairs | Ye Htut |
| Translation | Kyi Min |
| Youth Literature | Tin Soe |
| Reference Literature | Kyaw Win |
| Belles-lettres) | Ko Ko (Sethmu Tekkatho) |
| Applied Science) | Soe Lwin |
2009 awards
The sixth Thuta Swesone Literary Award, for Burmese books published in 2009, were announced on 20 April 2011. Winners were:[2]
| Category | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement Literary Award | Min Yu Wai aka Win Maung | |
| Arts | Maung Moe Thu | Profiles of Prominent Deceased Writers and Artists |
| Reference | Pe Myint | Book World |
| Social economics | Win Htut Zaw | Petroleum |
| Belles-lettres | Maung Khin Min | A Life of a Visiting Professor in Osaka |
| Science | Ko Swe won | |
| Translation | Kyi Shoon | Business Success |
| Youth literature | No winner | |
| International affairs | No winner | |
| Applied science | No winner |
References
- 1 2 Aye Sapay Phyu (February 16–22, 2009). "Winners of Thuta-Swesone Literary Awards announced". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- 1 2 "Thuta Swesone Literary Award winners announced". Mizzima News. 22 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ↑ "Myanmar strives for press media development in new gov't era". Xinhua. 2011-09-01. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ↑ "Information Minister attends 5th prize presentation ceremony of Thuta Swesone Literary Award". New Light of Myanmar. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 2012-02-22.