The Thuta Swesone literary awards have been presented by the Swesone Media group since 2006.They are sponsored by 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.[1]
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 Khin Maung Nyunt won the lifetime achievement prize.Maung Tun Lwin (Meteorology) 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 byMaung Zayyar,Hmu Thamein,Kyaw Oo Hla, Chit Swe Myint,Maung Hla Thaung,Chit Naing (Psychology),H E U Hla Maung (Eco) andAung (MC1).
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:[2]
| Category | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | U Chit San (Chit San Win) | |
| Socio-economic) | Dr Chit | |
| Arts | Tekkatho Sein Tin | |
| Foreign Affairs | Ye Htut | |
| Translation | Kyi Min | |
| Youth Literature | ||
| Reference Literature | ||
| Belles-lettres) | Ko Ko (Sethmu Tekkatho) | |
| Applied Science) | Soe Lwin |
The sixth Thuta Swesone Literary Award, for Burmese books published in 2009, were announced on 20 April 2011. Winners were:
| Category | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement Literary Award | Min Yu Wai aka Win Maung | ||
| Arts | Profiles of Prominent Deceased Writers and Artists | ||
| Reference | Book World | ||
| Social economics | Petroleum | ||
| Belles-lettres | A Life of a Visiting Professor in Osaka | ||
| Science | |||
| Translation | Business Success | ||
| Youth literature | No winner | ||
| International affairs | No winner | ||
| Applied science | No winner |