Thuta Swesone literary award


The Thuta Swesone literary awards have been presented by the Swesone Media group since 2006.
They are sponsored by Dr. 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 Dr Khin Maung Nyunt won the lifetime achievement prize.
Maung Tun Lwin 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,
H E U Hla Maung and
Aung.

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:
CategoryWinner
Lifetime AchievementU Chit San Dr Chit
ArtsTekkatho Sein Tin
Foreign AffairsYe Htut
TranslationKyi Min
Youth LiteratureDr Tin Soe
Reference LiteratureKyaw Win
Belles-lettres)Ko Ko Dr. Soe Lwin

2009 awards

The sixth Thuta Swesone Literary Award, for Burmese books published in 2009, were announced on 20 April 2011. Winners were:
CategoryWinnerWork
Lifetime Achievement Literary AwardMin Yu Wai aka Win Maung-
ArtsMaung Moe ThuProfiles of Prominent Deceased Writers and Artists
ReferencePe MyintBook World
Social economicsWin Htut ZawPetroleum
Belles-lettresMaung Khin MinA Life of a Visiting Professor in Osaka
ScienceKo Swe won
TranslationKyi ShoonBusiness Success
Youth literatureNo winner
International affairsNo winner
Applied scienceNo winner