2019 Sarpay Beikman literature prize award ceremony held

5NATIONAL2   APRIL  2021THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMARTHE 2019 Sarpay Beikman Literature  Award  Ceremony  was  held  yesterday  morning  at  the  Department  of  Printing  and  Publishing Hall, Theinbyu Road, Yangon.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister for Informa-tion  U  Ye  Tint,  Attorney-Gen-eral  of  Yangon  Region  U  Htay  Aung,  Director-General  from  the Department of Printing and Publishing  U  Win  Kyaw  Aung,  members  of  the  Sarpay  Beik-man Literature Award Selection Committee,  officials  from  the  Myanmar  Writers’  Association,  literary scholars, prize winners, department officials and invitees.

The  Deputy  Minister  ad dressed the ceremony, and Sar-pay Beikman Literature Award Selection Committee Member U Maung Hlaing (Maung Swe Nge) explained the award.

A  total  of  29  prizes  were  selected for 13 genres out of 14 (except for English Literature) after scrutinizing 287 entries in line with the award selection policy for the 2019 literature award.

Since  1969,  the  Ministry  of  Information  has  invited  a  separate  competition  for  literary  writers who have difficulty publishing their work and awarded the Sarpay Beikman prize for the emergence of good literature in the  Myanmar  literary  world.

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