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Thuta Swesone Literary Award
The Thuta Swesone literary awards have been presented by the Swesone Media group since 2006. They are sponsored by Tin Tun Oo, the cofounder of the Myanmar Times. 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. 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 ...
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Tin Tun Oo
Tin Tun Oo ( my, တင်ထွန်းဦး) is a Burma, Burmese media entrepreneur who owns Swesone Media Company, with about 60 employees. The group publishes the ''Thuta Swesone'' magazine, ''Pyi Myanmar'' journal, ''Arrawjan'' magazine and ''Good Health'' journal. He is sponsor of the annual Thuta Swesone literary award. ''The Myanmar Times'' began publishing in 2000. Ross Dunkley had 49% of the company and Sonny Swe, an associate of General Khin Nyunt owned 40%. General Khin Nyunt was arrested and Sonny Swe was also temporarily detained in November 2004. Sonny Swe's stake in ''The Myanmar Times'' was transferred to his wife, Yamin Htin Aung, who continued to hold the local share with another investor, Pyone Maung Maung, for almost a year.Uncertainty Surrounds Myanmar Times
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Chit San
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Ko Swe Won
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Maung Khin Min
Maung may be, * Maung people of Australia **Maung language Places *Batu Maung Vehicle *Pindad Maung People *Maung, an honorific in Burmese names * Maung Maung (other) *Cynthia Maung *Maung Khin *Kin Maung * Win Maung *Tin Maung *Nay Win Maung * Chit Maung *Kyi Maung * Bawa Maung * Saw Maung (painter) * Saw Maung * Maung Wunna * Shwe Maung * Thakin Chit Maung * Thant Sin Maung *Maung Sein Pe Maung Sein Pe (born 1920) was a Burmese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international mu ... {{dab Burmese names Burmese-language surnames Surnames of Burmese origin ...
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Pe Myint
Pe Myint ( my, ဖေမြင့် ; born 15 December 1949) is a Burmese politician, writer and a former Minister for Information of Myanmar (Burma). Early life and education Pe Myint was born on 15 December 1949 in Sandoway, Burma (now Thandwe, Myanmar) to Aung Nyein and Khin Thein. He is of Rakhine descent. Career Pe Myint graduated from Thandwe State High School in Rakhine State in 1966 and Institute of Medicine 1, Rangoon in 1975. He worked as a physician until 1988. He received training as a journalist at the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation in Bangkok. He previously served as the vice chairperson of the Myanmar Press Council, editor-in-chief of ''The People's Age Journal'', editor of ''Sarpaylawka Book House'' and ''Myanmar Book Publishing House''. On 22 March 2016, he was nominated to be Minister for Information in President Htin Kyaw's Cabinet. On 24 March, the Assembly of the Union confirmed his nomination. Following the military-led 2021 Myanmar coup d' ...
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Maung Moe Thu
Maung may be, * Maung people of Australia **Maung language Places *Batu Maung Vehicle *Pindad Maung People *Maung, an honorific in Burmese names *Maung Maung (other) *Cynthia Maung *Maung Khin *Kin Maung * Win Maung *Tin Maung *Nay Win Maung * Chit Maung *Kyi Maung * Bawa Maung * Saw Maung (painter) * Saw Maung * Maung Wunna * Shwe Maung * Thakin Chit Maung * Thant Sin Maung *Maung Sein Pe Maung Sein Pe (born 1920) was a Burmese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international mu ... {{dab Burmese names Burmese-language surnames Surnames of Burmese origin ...
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Min Yu Wai
Min Yu Wai ( my, မင်းယုဝေ; born Win Maung 26 October 1928 – 29 July 2021) was a prolific Burmese writer. He was awarded the 2011 Burma National Literature Award for lifetime achievement on 14 December 2012. Early life and education Win Maung, the youngest of eight siblings, was born in Kangyidaut, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ..., on 26 September 1927, to U Tun Saine and Daw Thin. He was educated at Min Kone School, Kandawgyi Township in 1934, Pathein National High School in 1935, a Japanese school in 1941 and Kandawgyi Modern High School in 1942. From 1946 to 1951, he attended Rangoon University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1955 and 1956, he attended University of London, studied Orienta ...
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Soe Lwin
Soe Lwin ( my, စိုးလွင်) is the incumbent Regional Auditor of Sagaing, Myanmar (Burma). He is a member of Sagaing Region Government. He serving as a Regional Auditor of Sagaing Region Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon .... References {{morecat, date=September 2022 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ...
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Kyaw Win
Kyaw Win ( my, ကျော်ဝင်း ; born 23 February 1948) is a Burmese politician who previously served as Minister for Planning and Finance of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 25 May 2018. Early life and education Kyaw Win in Labutta, Irrawaddy Division, Burma (now Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar) to Pwa Gyi and Aye Nyunt on 23 February 1948. Career In 2015, Kyaw Win was elected as a member of parliament in the Pyithu Hluttaw for the constituency of Dagon Seikkan. In 2016, he was nominated as Minister of Planning and Finance in Htin Kyaw's inaugural Cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers * Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets * Filing ..., whereupon his academic credentials came under scrutiny and he was revealed to have listed a bogus PhD on his CV from a fictitious online university, Brooklyn P ...
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Tin Soe
Tin Soe ( my, တင်စိုး, ) was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ... to the Russian Federation. He was also a general in the Burmese Armed Forces, and was the father of two sons and one daughter. He died in 2013. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ambassadors of Myanmar to Russia Ambassadors of Myanmar to Ukraine Burmese generals 2013 deaths {{Myanmar-bio-stub ...
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