The Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award ( my, ပခုက္ကူ ဦးအုန်းဖေ စာပေဆု) is a literary award for
Burmese writers that was established in 1992 by the businessman
Pakokku U Ohn Pe
Pakokku U Ohn Pe ( my, ပခုက္ကူ ဦးအုန်းဖေ; c. 1917 – 13 April 2008) was a Burmese businessman and writer who founded the prestigious Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award.
Early years
U Ohn Pe was born around 1917 in S ...
, who initially provided K7.6 million to be used for prizes.
The awards complement the government's
National Literary Awards and
Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards and the
Sayawun Tin Shwe Award,
Thuta Swesone literary award and
Tun Foundation award.
Awards by year
2006 awards
The winners of the 2006 awards were announced on 26 February 2007. They were:
2008 awards
The awards for 2008 were presented in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
on 30 March 2009.
The ceremony was attended by Minister for Information Brigadier-General
Kyaw Hsan.
Prizes were:
References
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Burmese literary awards
Awards established in 1992
1992 in Myanmar