Alinkar Kyawswa ( my, အလင်္ကာကျော်စွာ) is the highest national honor of recognition of an individual for their artistic skills by the government of Myanmar. From 1949 to 2022, there were about 57 recipients of this award in

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. There are only over 20 recipients from post-independence parliamentary governments to post-2011 Union governments. In 2022, under the

caretaker government A caretaker government is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it usually consists of either randomly se ...

formed by the

Tatmadaw Tatmadaw (, , ) is the official name of the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include th ...

, 25 people were awarded in March and 8 people were awarded in April. This is the first time in history that many people have been awarded at the same time. Shwe Man Tin Maung's son

Nyunt Win Nyunt Win ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်း; 8 March 1941 – 1 July 2021) was a Burmese film actor. He won seven Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards throughout his distinguished career, the most of any recipient in Burmese history. Nyunt Wi ...

was awarded in March 2022, making them the first father and son who received Alinkar Kyawsaw. Nandawshae Saya Tin's son Shwe Nan Tin was awarded in April 2022, making them the second father and son who received Alinkar Kyawsaw.

Recipients by year

1950

Thakin Kodaw Hmaing Thakin Kodaw Hmaing ( my, သခင်ကိုယ်တော်မှိုင်း, ; 23 March 1876 – 23 July 1964) is considered one of the greatest Burmese poets, writers and political leaders in the 20th century history of Burma. ...

— Burmese poet, writer, and 20th century political leader.

1953

*U Han Pa — hsaing musician *U Baka Lay — one of the most famous musicians in the Mandalay music industry. *Sayar Nyein — a modern harpist *

Saw Mya Aye Kyi Saw Mya Aye Kyi ( my, စောမြအေးကြည်, 1892 – 1962) was a Burmese musician who specialized in performing the collection of Burmese classical songs known as the ''Mahāgīta''. She was a royal mistress of Sir Sao Chel, Saoph ...

— musician *U Ngwe Kine — painter that had a strong influence on the next generation of artists, and his works are now treasured. He was posthumously recognized as one of the greatest painters in Myanmar. * Shwe Man Tin Maung — traditional dancer

1955

*Ba Maung — hsaing musician *

Shwe Pyi Aye Shwe Pyi Aye ( my, ရွှေပြည်အေး; born Tin Maung Aye 13 February 1909 – 22 October 1977) was a Burmese musician and composer. Biography Shwe Pyi Aye was born in Yangon in Burma during British rule on 13 February 1909 to his ...

— musician *Ba Than — Burmese musician *

Ba Gyan Ba Gyan ( my, ဘဂျမ်း ; 1902–1953) was a pioneering Burmese cartoonist, who created the first cartoon movie released in Burma in 1935. Ba Gyan's cartoons covered a wide variety of topics and events, and ridiculed human frailties s ...

(b. 1902) — pioneering Burmese cartoonist; born in

Nyaungdon Nyaungdon ( my, ညောင်တုန်းမြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Region of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Nyaungdon Township in the Maubin District Maubin District ( my, မအူပင်ခရိုင� ...

. He created the first cartoon movie released in Burma in 1935. He created the cartoon films ''Kyetaungwa'' in 1934 and ''Athuya'' in 1935 jointly with cartoonist Hein Son.

1956

Myoma Nyein Myoma Nyein (; born Kyaw Nyein, 25 January 1909 – 15 September 1955) was a renowned Burmese musician and composer. He was a founder of '' Myoma Band'', the longest surviving music band in the modern Burmese history. Between 1935 and 1939, ...

(1909–1955) — renowned Burmese musician and composer and a founder of the band Myoma. He was born on 25 January 1909 in

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

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. His father is U Nyi, a goldsmith, and his mother is Daw Chit Oo, a lacquerware merchant.

1958

* San Kho — scenario writer * A1 Tin Maung — two-time Burmese Academy Award-winning film actor, director, and producer. He was born in

Pyay Pyay (, ; mnw, ပြန် , ; also known as Prome and Pyè) is principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Pyay is located on the bank of the Irrawaddy River, north-west of Yangon. It is an important trade center for the Aye ...

, a small town in Lower Burma during the British colonial rule. He began his film career at age 10 in 1923 while appearing in Taw Myaing Zon Ga Lwan Aung Phan. *

Saw Maung Saw Maung ( my, စောမောင်, ; 5 December 1928 – 24 July 1997) was a Burmese army general and statesman who served as Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in Myanmar and Prime Minister of Burma from 19 ...

(b. 1900) — prominent figure painter; born and lived in

. *Sein Wai Hlyan — Burmese songwriter and singer. He was born the four of six siblings in

Shwebo District Shwebo District is a district in south-central Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar).Tabuyin, Yinswe Village. His father was U Sein and his mother was Daw Tout. *

Thukha Thukha ( my, သုခ, ; 14 January 1910 – 7 December 2005) was a six-time Burmese Academy Award winning film director, writer, song writer, script writer, film actor and film producer. His film production company, Thukha Films Company, ...

(1910–2005) — six-time Burmese Academy Award-winning film director, writer, songwriter, script writer, film actor, and film producer. He was born in the Ayeyarwady delta in

and began to write poetry as a middle school student.Myanmar Times & Business Reviews
/ref> *U Nu (b. 1902) — writer, author, and director; born in Thegone Township,

Pyay District Pyay District ( my, ပြည်ခရိုင်) is a district of the Bago Region in central Burma (Myanmar). The capital lies at Pyay. Townships *Padaung Township *Pyay Township *Paukkaung Township *Shwedaung Township *Paungde Township *The ...

, Myanmar. His father was Moe Aye and his mother was Daw Sein. *Chin Sein (b. 1910) — Burmese writer and film director and actor; born in Nyaung U,

Mandalay Region Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...

*Nyar Na — a Burmese writer, author, and film director.

2016

*Soe Moe – film director *Zinyaw Maung Maung - film director *Hinthada Myint Ngwe - composer

2020

Sein Stine Sein Stine ( my, စိန်စတင်း, born Tin Aung, 9 January 1949 – 3 November 2019) was a Burmese Hsaing waing musician of the late twentieth and the early twenty-first century. He was one of the three hsaing musicians who have been ...

— hsaing musician

2022

March

Bogalay Tint Aung Bogalay Tint Aung ( my, ဗိုလ်ကလေးတင့်အောင်; 3 June 1922 – 16 December 2021) was a Burmese composer, director and writer. The first recipient of the Myanmar Academy Award for lifetime achievement, Tint Aung wa ...

- composer, director and writer *Kyaw Zin Nyunt (Takatho Myat Thu) - writer, Editor-in-Chief *

Kyi Soe Tun Kyi Soe Tun ( my, ကြည်စိုးထွန်း, ; born 9 December 1945) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film director, producer and screenwriter of Burmese cinema. He served as the chairman of the Myanmar Motion Picture Or ...

- film director * Lay Myaing - writer *Dr Khin Maung Nyunt - writer *Dr Thaw Kaung - writer *Dr Khin Aye (

Maung Khin Min (Danubyu) Maung Khin Min (Danubyu) ( my, မောင်ခင်မင် (ဓနုဖြူ) ) is a Burmese writer. Works He wrote the following books *C¯a pe samuddar¯a n* lak` pac` k¯u´´ khran`´´ : c¯a pe sabho ta r¯a´´ naññ`´´ n¯ ...

) - writer *Tin Hlaing (Laltwinthar Saw Chit) - writer *Myint Kyi (Takatho Myat Soe) - writer *Khin Maung Soe (Maung Paw Tun) - writer *Ko Lay (Innwa GonYi) - writer *Tinkha (Takatho) - writer *Kyauk Saung Thar Noe (Maung Thar Noe) - writer *Than Tun (Thein Than Tun) - writer *Myint Lwin (Phoe Kyawt) - writer *Tun Yi (Archaeologist) - writer *Tin Maung Myint - writer *Tun Aung Chaing - writer *Maung Maung Latt (Naung) - writer *Sein Hlaing (Thura Zaw) - writer *Cho Cho Tin (

Ma Sandar Ma Sandar ( my, မစန္ဒာ; born 4 September 1947) is a well known Burmese writer. With a clear and engaging style, her works reflect the daily struggles of the people living in Myanmar. Her novella, ''Life's Dream, Flower's Dream'' won ...

) - writer *

- actor and son of Shwe Man Tin Maung *

Maung Ko Ko Gita Lulin Maung Ko Ko ( my, ဂီတလုလင် မောင်ကိုကို; 12 November 1928 – 10 October 2007) was a Burmese musician and composer. He is best known for his outstanding musical performances and won the Best Mus ...

- musician and composer *

Win Oo Win Oo ( my, ဝင်းဦး; , 13 March 1935 – 14 December 1988) was a two-time Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards winning Burmese actor, singer, director, writer and publisher. He became publicly known for his acting, singing and di ...

- actor, singer, director, writer and publisher *

Kawleikgyin Ne Win ''Kawleikgyin'' Ne Win ( my, ကောလိပ်ဂျင်နေဝင်း, ; 1 October 1928 – 2 June 1983) was a two-time Burmese Academy Award winning Burmese film actor and director. Early life Ne Win was born in Hinthada (Henza ...

- film actor and director

April

*Nandawshae Sayar Tin - composer *Shwe Taing Nyunt - composer *Shwe Nan Tin - traditional dancer and son of Nandawshae Sayar Tin *

Twante Thein Tan Twante Thein Tan was a Burmese singer, songwriter, actor, and film director. He starred in the popular Burmese movie ''Me, and You, and Padauk Blossoms'' (ကိုယ်ရယ် မင်းရယ် ပန်းပိတောက်ရယ်). ...

- songwriter, actor, and film director *

Sandayar Chit Swe Sandayar Chit Swe ( my, စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ; 1935–2005) was a Burmese singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his songs such as "Chit Arr Nge Ya Thu Mal", "Kha Yay Pin Aut Ka Padauk Chit Thu'", "Chit Thu W ...

- singer-songwriter and pianist *

Sandayar Hla Htut Sandayar Hla Htut ( my, စန္ဒရားလှထွတ်; 1936–2000) was a Burmese musician, composer, pianist, singer and writer. He won Best Music Award in 1994 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. He also won Myanmar National Lite ...

- musician, composer, pianist, singer and writer *

Thu Maung Thu Maung ( my, သုမောင် ; 13 March 1951 – 16 May 2010; born Bala) was a Myanmar Academy Award-winning film actor, singer as well as a distinguished writer and director. Throughout his film career, Thu Maung acted in over 40 films. ...

- film actor, singer, writer and film director *Sein Bo Tint - hsaing musician

References

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