Dr Myo Thant Tin and U Nyunt Swe (Maung Swe Thet) win Pakokku U Ohn Pe Lifetime Awards for Literary Achievement

The Pakokku Literary Award Fund Supervisory Committee announced the winners of the Pakokku Literary Awards for 2022.
Doyen literati Dr Myo Thant Tin and U Nyunt Swe (Maung Swe Thet) won the Pakokku U Ohn Pe Lifetime Awards for Literary Achievement.
First, second and third winners came out in the selected poem genre, novel genre, selected short stories genre and research literature genre, whereas the second prize winner emerged in the treatise genre.
Ma Thazin Htet, a second-year student in the theatrical drama department of the National University of Arts and Culture (Yangon) and Maung Htin Shar Aung, a second-year student of the artist of the Fine Arts Department of the National University of Arts and Culture (Mandalay) were awarded the Pakokku U Ohn Pe scholarship.
The books of Kyi Tun Maw and Dr Nyo Aung secured the Pakokku U Ohn Pe Library Book Awards for 2020.
The Pakokku U Ohn Pe Lifetime Awards for Literary Achievement winners will be awarded K1 million, the first manuscript award winner K700,000, the second K500,000 and the third K400,000, respectively.
Winners must contact the chief editor of the Sarpay Beikman at 529/531 on Merchant Street in Yangon, dialling 01-240048 and the admin department at 01-381449. The prize-presenting ceremony date and venue will be announced later. — MNA