Alinkar Kyawswa
Ahlinkar Kyawswar (Template:Lang-my) is an honorary award given to those who have excelled in literature and the arts. From 1949 to 1962, there were about 20 recipients of this award in Myanmar.
Awards by year
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1950
- Thakin Kodaw Hmaing—Burmese poet, writer, and 20th century political leader.[1][2]
1953
- U Han Pa[3]
1955
- Shwe Pyi Aye—musician
- Ba Than—Burmese musician
- Ba Gyan—pioneering Burmese cartoonist. He created the first cartoon movie released in Burma in 1935. He was born in 1902 at Nyaungdon. He created the cartoon films Kyetaungwa in 1934 and Athuya in 1935 jointly with cartoonist Hein Son.[4][5]
1956
- Myoma Nyein (1909–1955), renowned Burmese musician and composer and a founder of the band Myoma.[6][7] He was born on 25 January 1909 in Mandalay, British Burma. His father is U Nyi, a goldsmith, and his mother is Daw Chit Oo, a lacquerware merchant.
1985
- San Kho—scenario writer
- A1 Tin Maung—two-time Burmese Academy Award-winning film actor, director and producer. He was born in Pyay, a small town in Lower Burma during the British colonial rule. He began his film career at age 10 in 1923 while appearing in Taw Myaing Zon Ga Lwan Aung Phan.[8]
- Saw Maung—prominent figure painter in Mandalay. He was born in Mandalay in 1900.[9]
- Sein Wai Hlyan—Burmese songwriter and singer. He was born the four of six siblings in Shwebo District , Tabuyin, Yinswe Village. His father was U Sein and his mother was Daw Tout.
- Thukha (1910–2005), six-time Burmese Academy Award-winning film director, writer, songwriter, script writer, film actor and film producer. He was born in the Ayeyarwady delta in British Burma and began to write poetry as a middle school student.[10]
- U Nu—Myanmar writer, author, and director. He was born December 28, 1902 in Thegone Township, Pyay District. His father was Moe Aye and his mother was Daw Sein.
- Chin Sein was a Burmese writer and film director and actor. He was born on August 8, 1910 in Mandalay Region, Nyaung U.
References
- ^ "Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (1876 - 1964)". The Irrawaddy. March 1, 2000. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ^ Allott, Anna (1988). Far Eastern Literature in the 20th.Century:Burmese Literature. England: Oldcastle Books. pp. 5–6.
- ^ Myanmar encyclopedia,Volume (14)
- ^ "Cartoon show, talks to commemorate cartoonists U Hein Soon, U Ba Gyan in June". Myanmar News. 22 May 2002. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
- ^ Kyaw Zaw Oo. "Cartoon exhibition celebrates two masters". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 15 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "[Thingyan Special] MYOMA NYEIN: The Enchanting Silver Swan".
- ^ "88 years strong, the Myoma Musical Troupe brings a Mandalay Thingyan tradition to Yangon".
- ^ "Celluloid Disillusions". 1 March 2004. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
- ^ The Mandalay Dictionary of the Nay Htut (1999)
- ^ Myanmar Times & Business Reviews
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