The Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award () is a literary award for Burmese writers that was established in 1992 by the businessman Pakokku U Ohn Pe, 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 The Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards () are annual literary awards given in Burma by the Sarpay Beikman (Palace of Literature), a department of the Ministry of Information (Burma), Ministry of Information. They are awarded for unpublished manuscri ...

and the

Sayawun Tin Shwe Award The Sayawun Tin Shwe Literary Award () has been presented annually since November 2002 under the patronage of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association (MWJA). Non-fiction books published in the previous year are eligible. The awards are nam ...

, 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

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on 30 March 2009. The ceremony was attended by Minister for Information Brigadier-General

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. Prizes were:

References

{{reflist Burmese literary awards Awards established in 1992 1992 in Myanmar