Myanmar National Literature Award for Translation
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Burma National Literature Awards for Translation is a literary prize awarded each year for an author who has translated from the foreign language by the government committee.
This award has been awarded since 1962 .This award has two sections : Fiction and General Knowledge.
This award has been awarded since 1962 .This award has two sections : Fiction and General Knowledge.
National Literature Award for Translation (Fiction)
| Year | Book | Writer | Original Book | Original Author |
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| 2008 | Power Kya Sone Chine Hinin Singapore Bawa Yanent Wutto Mya ပါဝါကျဆုံးခြင်းနှင့် စင်္ကာပူဘဝရနံ့ ဝတ္ထုတိုများ |
Win Zaw Htut | One Singapore: 65 Stories by a Singaporean | Goh Sin Tub Goh Sin Tub Goh Sin Tub was a well-known pioneer of Singaporean literature. He was a prolific writer of numerous book titles, which includes bestsellers like the The Nan-Mei-Su Girls of Emerald Hill, The Ghost Lover of Emerald Hill, and the Ghosts of Singapore... |
| 2007 | Anet Yaung Eainmet Sein Mya Myint Tar အနက်ရောင်အိပ်မက် စိမ်းမြမေတ္တာ |
Tin Maung Myint | A Place for Kathy | Henry Denker Henry Denker Henry Denker is an American novelist and playwright.Denker was admitted to the New York Bar in 1935, at the height of the Depression, and he soon left law practice to earn his living by writing. His legal training is reflected in many of his works... |
| 2006 | Kan Kya Mar A-kyin Thar ကံကြမ္မာအကျဉ်းသား |
Maung Paw Htun | Mera Naam Joker Mera Naam Joker Mera Naam Joker is a 1970 Hindi film directed by Raj Kapoor. The screenplay was written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. This film was the debut of Rishi Kapoor. Mera Naam Joker is a film about a clown who must make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. The film is reportedly inspired by Raj... |
K. A. Abbas |
| 2005 | Bawa A-Lwin Eain ဘဝအလွမ်းအိမ် |
Maung Ye Khine | A House for Mr Biswas A House for Mr Biswas A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mr Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by... |
V. S. Naipaul V. S. Naipaul Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism... |
| 2004 | Taung Pan Mae Thin Kwe Tae So Nget တောင်ပံမဲ့သင်းကွဲတေးဆိုငှက် |
Tin Maung Myint | To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature... |
Harper Lee Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee is an American author known for her 1960 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which deals with the issues of racism that were observed by the author as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama... |
| 2003 | Won Pa Lwe Myae Nae Ka Kone Thu ဝံပုလွေများနှင့်ကခုန်သူ |
Maung Htun Thu | Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a... |
Michael Blake |
| 2002 | Karamazov Nyi Ako Myar ကာရာမာဇော့ညီအစ်ကိုများ |
Net Ngwe | The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880... |
Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.... |
| 2001 | Nat Lone Thar Htae Har Apyae Shar နှလုံးသားထဲမှာ အဖြေရှာ |
Myat Nyein | Follow Your Heart Follow Your Heart Follow Your Heart is the first album by Australian singer Nikki Webster, released in Australia on 20 August 2001 by Gotham Records. The album has a genre of pop songs, and was produced by Chong Lim.... |
Susanna Tamaro Susanna Tamaro Susanna Tamaro is an Italian novelist. She has also worked as a scientific documentarist and movie maker direction assistant.-Biography:Susanna Tamaro was born in a family of middle class... |
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| 1997 | Kantarya San Yae Eaing ကန္တာရစမ်းရေအိုင် |
Maung Paw Htun | Annie Annie (musical) Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster... |
Thomas Meehan Thomas Meehan (writer) Thomas Meehan is an American writer, best known for Annie, The Producers and Hairspray.-Life and career:Meehan grew up in Suffern, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College... |
| 1996 | Mingalar Par Sayar Ma |
Theit Soe | Good Morning, Miss Dove | Frances Gray Patton Frances Gray Patton Frances Gray Patton was an American short story writer and novelist. She is best known for her 1954 novel Good Morning Miss Dove.... |
| 1995 | A Chit Moe Kaung Kin အချစ်မိုးကောင်းကင် |
Mya Than Tint Mya Than Tint -Biography:Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.... |
Beyond Love | Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre is a French author.-Life:Dominique Lapierre was born in Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime, France. At the age of thirteen, he traveled to America with his father who was a diplomat... |
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| 1993 | Bot Chan |
Ye Mya Lwin | Botchan Botchan Botchan is a novel written by Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is considered to be one of the most popular novels in Japan, read by most Japanese during their childhood. The central theme of the story is morality.-Narrative:... |
Natsume Sōseki Natsume Soseki , born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales... |
| 1992 | Thuka Myo Taw သုခမြို့တော် |
Mya Than Tint Mya Than Tint -Biography:Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.... |
City of Joy City of Joy City of Joy is a novel written by Dominique Lapierre and a 1992 film directed by Roland Joffé.-Plot:The story revolves around the trials and tribulations of a young Polish priest, Stephan Kovalski, the hardships endured by a rickshaw puller, Hasari Pal in Calcutta , India and the experiences of... |
Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre is a French author.-Life:Dominique Lapierre was born in Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime, France. At the age of thirteen, he traveled to America with his father who was a diplomat... |
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| 1989 | Kan Saung Ne Einmet ခန်းဆောင်နီအိပ်မက် |
Mya Than Tint Mya Than Tint -Biography:Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.... |
Dream of the Red Chamber Dream of the Red Chamber Dream of the Red Chamber , composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was composed in the middle of the 18th century during the Qing Dynasty. It is considered to be a masterpiece of Chinese vernacular literature and is generally acknowledged to be a pinnacle of... |
Cáo Xuěqín Cao Xueqin Cao Xueqin was a Qing Dynasty Chinese writer, best known as the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature... and followed Gāo È |
| 1988 | Kantarya Kha Yee Tae ကႏၱာရခရီးသည္ |
Phone Myint (Mandalay) | Caravans Caravans (novel) Caravans, a novel by James A. Michener, was published in 1963.The story is set in Afghanistan immediately following World War II. The protagonist, Mark Miller, is stationed in Kabul at the American embassy and is given the assignment of an investigation to find a young woman, Ellen Jaspar, also... |
James A. Michener James A. Michener James Albert Michener was an American author of more than 40 titles, the majority of which were sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating historical facts into the stories... |
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| 1986 | Gawri |
Paragu Paragu Paragu was a Burmese writer. He was a multilingual writer in Burmese, Japanese, Hindi and Pali and published 100 books until he died. He built a house-library called Santiniketan.-References:... |
Bhuvanvikram | Vrindavan Lal Verma Vrindavan Lal Verma Vrindavan Lal Varma eminent Hindi novelist and playwright, was born on 9 January 1889 to a noble Srivastava Kayasthya family at Mauranipur. He was honoured with Padam Bhushan for his literary works; Agra University presented him with honorary D. Lit... |
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| 1984 | Lear Min Gyi |
Minthuwun | King Lear King Lear King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological... |
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... |
| 1983 | Ye Tide |
Maung Htun Thu | The Citadel The Citadel (novel) The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking with its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It is credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later... |
A. J. Cronin A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known works are Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down, The Citadel, The Keys of the Kingdom and The Green Years, all of which were adapted to film. He also created the Dr... |
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| 1981 | Gulliver Ei Khayee Sine |
Maung Htin | Gulliver's Travels Gulliver's Travels Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of... |
Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift was an Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and cleric who became Dean of St... |
| 1980 | Tha Thaung Tha Nya Pone Pyin Myar -Vol-1 |
Kyaw Hlaing Oo | One Thousand and One Nights | Sir Richard Francis Burton |
| 1979 | Nin Lar Hae Chit Dokekha Nae Achar Wuttu-to Mya |
Zawgyi Saya Zawgyi Zawgyi , born in Pyapon, Irrawaddy Division, real name U Thein Han , was a distinguished and leading Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic.... |
Short Stories By Nobel Prize Winners | Nobel Prize in Literature Winners Nobel Prize in Literature Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"... |
| 1978 | Lay Yuu Thone Thone |
Mya Than Tint Mya Than Tint -Biography:Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.... |
Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind The slaves depicted in Gone with the Wind are primarily loyal house servants, such as Mammy, Pork and Uncle Peter, and these slaves stay on with their masters even after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 sets them free... |
Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American author and journalist. Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 for her epic American Civil War era novel, Gone with the Wind, which was the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime.-Family:Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta,... |
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| 1974 | Mowgli Nae Taw Hain Won Swint Sar Kan Myar |
Htin Lin | The Jungle Book The Jungle Book The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six... |
Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature... |
| 1973 | Yae Thu Ma Lay Nae Achar Andersen Pone Wuttu Myar |
Aunt Maung | The Little Mermaid and Others Andersen Fairy Tales The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince... |
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."... |
| 1972 | Sit Nink Nyein Chan Yay |
Mya Than Tint Mya Than Tint -Biography:Born Mya Than on 23 May 1929 in Myaing, Pakokku Township, Magway Division, Myanmar, he was the eldest of seven children to Paw Tint and his wife Hlaing.... |
War and Peace War and Peace War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature... |
Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist... |
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| 1970 | Thu Toe Tone Yaurk |
Taung Twin Ko Ko Gyi | Three of Them | Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:... |
| 1969 | Oo Lay Tom |
Kyaw Hlaing Oo | Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.... |
Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a depiction of life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom... |
| 1968 | Pin Lae Pyar Nae Tanga O |
Maung Hsu Shin | The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction to be produced by Hemingway and published in his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging fisherman who... |
Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the... |
| 1967 | Taw Yaine Myae |
Kyaw Aung | Virgin Soil Upturned | Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov |
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| 1964 | Julius Caesar Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.... |
Man Tin | Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (play) The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, also known simply as Julius Caesar, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against... |
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"... |
| 1963 | Nyi Taw Min Nan |
Paragu Paragu Paragu was a Burmese writer. He was a multilingual writer in Burmese, Japanese, Hindi and Pali and published 100 books until he died. He built a house-library called Santiniketan.-References:... |
Saundaranandakavya | Aśvaghoṣa Asvaghosa ' was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the... |
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National Literature Award for Translation (General Knowledge)
| Year | Book | Writer | Original Book | Original Author |
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| 2007 | Luu Winkaymu Thamine Ashie Taing Ka Ya Taw Amawe |
Hlaing Thin | The Story of Civilization The Story of Civilization The Story of Civilization, by husband and wife Will and Ariel Durant, is an eleven-volume set of books covering Western history for the general reader... : (Our Oriental Heritage) |
Will Durant Will Durant William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975... |
| 2006 | Kabar Pyar Pee |
Kyaw Win | The World Is Flat The World Is Flat The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century is an international bestselling book by Thomas Friedman that analyzes globalization, primarily in the early 21st century. The title is a metaphor for viewing the world as a level playing field in terms of commerce, where all competitors... |
Thomas Friedman Thomas Friedman Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist, columnist and author. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade, the Middle East, and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times.-Personal... |
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| 2003 | Sit Phet Kaung Saung Mhu Ei Myat Nar Phone |
Hlaing Thin | The Mask of Command | John Keegan John Keegan Sir John Keegan OBE FRSL is a British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist. He has published many works on the nature of combat between the 14th and 21st centuries concerning land, air, maritime, and intelligence warfare, as well as the psychology of battle.-Life and career:John... |
| 2002 | Thettaya Kabar Hma Padama Kabar Tho |
Hein Latt | From Third World to First: The Singapore Story | Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew, GCMG, CH is a Singaporean statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades... |
| 2001 | Madame Curie |
Tin Maung Myint | Madame Curie | Ève Curie Ève Curie Ève Denise Curie Labouisse was a French-American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was Irène Joliot-Curie and her brother-in-law Frédéric Joliot-Curie... |
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| 1998 | Nay Won Bayin Myar |
Kyaw Aung | Lords of the Sunset | Maurice Collis Maurice Collis Maurice Stewart Collis was an administrator in Burma when it was part of the British Empire, and afterwards a writer on Southeast Asia, China and other historical subjects.-Life:... |
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| 1995 | O Jerusalem! |
Kyaw Aung | O Jerusalem! | Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre Dominique Lapierre is a French author.-Life:Dominique Lapierre was born in Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime, France. At the age of thirteen, he traveled to America with his father who was a diplomat... and Larry Collins Larry Collins Larry Collins may refer to:* Larry Collins , author of several historical books, mainly in collaboration with Dominique Lapierre * Larry Collins , one of The Collins Kids, a juvenile rockabilly duo... |
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