Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award

The Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award (Burmese: ပခုက္ကူ ဦးအုန်းဖေ စာပေဆု) 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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Nyunt Win (April 28 – May 4, 2008). "Literary patron U Ohn Pe dies". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  2. ^ "Myanmar strives for press media development in new gov't era". Xinhua. 2011-09-01. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-20.