Burma National Literature Awards for Translation () is a literary prize granted each year to an author who has translated from a foreign language by the government committee. It has been awarded since 1962. The award has two sections: Fiction and General Knowledge.
National Literature Award for Translation (Fiction) No awards were given in the years not listed."List of Burma National Literature Award Winners". 18 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
Year Burmese title Translator Original novel Original author 2019 Warsaw-ka Yoke-thae Sayar-lay ဝါဆောကရုပ်သေးဆရာလေး Sein Win Sen The Puppet of Warsaw Eva Weaver 2018 Mite-sar Kyun မိစ္ဆာကျွန်း Wai Yan Phone Lord of the Flies William Golding 2017 Aisa Wuttu-to Myar အာရှဝတ္ထုတိုများ Tint Zaw Asian Short Stories Various writers 2012 Pyit Hume Ne Pyit Dan ပြစ်မှုနှင့်ပြစ်ဒဏ် Tin Maung Myint Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky 2011 Hmyaw မျှော် Tin Maung Myint Waiting Ha Jin 2010 Yae Kan Thar Kyar Time Aye Nay Win Myint The Glass Palace Amitav Ghosh 2008 Power Kya Sone Chine Hinin Singapore Bawa Yanent Wutto Mya Win Zaw Htut One Singapore: 65 Stories by a Singaporean Goh Sin Tub 2007 Anet Yaung Eainmet Sein Mya Myint Tar Tin Maung Myint A Place for Kathy Henry Denker 2006 Kan Kya Mar A-kyin Thar Maung Paw Tun Mera Naam Joker K. A. Abbas 2005 Bawa A-Lwin Eain Maung Ye Khine A House for Mr Biswas V. S. Naipaul 2004 Taung Pan Mae Thin Kwe Tae So Nget Tin Maung Myint To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee 2003 Won Pa Lwe Myae Nae Ka Kone Thu Maung Htun Thu Dances with Wolves Michael Blake 2002 Karamazov Nyi Ako Myar Net Ngwe The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky 2001 Nat Lone Thar Htae Har Apyae Shar Myat Nyein Follow Your Heart Susanna Tamaro 2000 Zayar Oo Gyi ဇရာအိုကြီး Htun Myat Aye The Old Man William Faulkner 1997 Kantarya San Yae Eaing Maung Paw Tun Annie Thomas Meehan 1996 Mingalar Par Sayar Ma Theit Soe Good Morning, Miss Dove Frances Gray Patton 1995 A Chit Moe Kaung Kin Mya Than Tint Beyond Love Dominique Lapierre 1994 Bot Chan Ye Mya Lwin Botchan Natsume Sōseki 1992 Thuka Myo Taw Mya Than Tint City of Joy Dominique Lapierre 1988 Kan Saung Ne Einmet Mya Than Tint Dream of the Red Chamber Cáo Xuěqín and followed Gāo È 1987 Kantarya Kha Yee Tae Phone Myint (Mandalay) Caravans James A. Michener 1985 Gawri Paragu Bhuvanvikram Vrindavan Lal Verma 1984 Lear Min Gyi Min Thu Wun King Lear William Shakespeare 1983 Ye Tide Maung Htun Thu The Citadel A. J. Cronin 1981 Gulliver Ei Khayee Zin Maung Htin Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 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 Short Stories by Nobel Prize Winners Nobel Prize in Literature Winners 1978 Lay Yuu Thone Thone Mya Than Tint Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1974 Mowgli Nae Taw Hain Won Swint Sar Kan Myar Htin Lin The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1973 Yae Thu Ma Lay Nae Achar Andersen Pone Wuttu Myar Aunt Maung The Little Mermaid and Other Andersen Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen 1972 Sit Nink Nyein Chan Yay Mya Than Tint War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1970 Thu Toe Tone Yaurk Taung Twin Ko Ko Gyi Three of Them Maxim Gorky 1969 Oo Lay Tom Kyaw Hlaing Oo Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 1968 Pin Lae Pyar Nae Tanga O Maung Hsu Shin The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway Nanet-khin Ko Soe-moe-thu Mya Thein (Tatmadaw Pyinyar Yae) Command the Morning Pearl S. Buck Yae-twe Ni Ni Aung Khant Quentin Durward Walter Scott Phae Tha-mar San Lwin The Gambler Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1967 Taw Yaine Myae Kyaw Aung Virgin Soil Upturned Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov Thwe-myae Ko Kyaw Khine Yae Khin Gyi Aung A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Tolstoy Ei Wutt-htu Nga Poke Tin Sein Nge Two Novels Leo Tolstoy Ar-zar-ni Kyaung-thar Maung-hna-ma Zoya Hae Shura Ahtut-phat-ti U Ba Tin The Story of Zoya and Shura L. Kosmodemyanskaya 1966 Laung Yake Pan Aung Kyaw Kyaw The Hidden Flower Pearl S. Buck 1964 Julius Caesar Man Tin Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Yadanar Shwe Myae U Hla Din The Land of the Great Image Maurice Collis Godan Maw Thiyi Godaan Munshi Premchand Swut-chu Paya-say Thakin Yae Maung Kyi Oo The Patriot Pearl S. Buck 1963 Nyi Taw Min Nan Paragu Saundaranandakavya Aśvaghoṣa Myo-won-min Ei Bawa Khayee Dagon Shwe Myar The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy Marco Polo U Hla Din Marco Polo Maurice Collis 1962 Yoedayar White U San Win Siamese White Maurice Collis
National Literature Award for Translation (General Knowledge) Year Burmese title Translator Original novel Original author 2013 Koe Ko Koe Khoe Toe Yae Thar Won Natmauk Ani Cho Lean In Sheryl Sandberg 2012 Myanmarpyi Hma Naeyet Myar Maung Myint Kywe Burmese Days George Orwell 2011 Naing Ngan Myarr Ei Oatsar Dana U Kyi Myint (Latha) The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith 2010 Eaindiya Ko Twe Shi Chin Boe Hlaing The Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru 2009 Thwe Nae Yae Nan Ye Tint Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency Michael Klare 2008 Kyan-Zi-Min Thokmahoke Tayoke Pyi Ko Pyaung Lae Kae Thu Taw Kaung Min The Man Who Changed China Robert Lawrence Kuhn 2007 Luu Winkaymu Thamine Ashie Taing Ka Ya Taw Amawe Hlaing Thin The Story of Civilization (Our Oriental Heritage) Will Durant 2006 Kabar Pyar Pee Kyaw Win The World Is Flat Thomas Friedman 2005 Eain Mat Kwint Arr Pyint Kabar Kyaw Thu, Soichiro Honda Nan Mya Kay Khine 2004 Ohm Nauk Myar Ko Mee Nyie Chin Boe Hlaing Wings of Fire A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 2003 Sit Phet Kaung Saung Mhu Ei Myat Nar Phone Hlaing Thin The Mask of Command John Keegan 2002 Thettaya Kabar Hma Padama Kabar Tho Hein Latt From Third World to First: The Singapore Story Lee Kuan Yew 2001 Madame Curie Tin Maung Myint Madame Curie Ève Curie 2000 Miba Kaung Toae Yinthwe Phyu Zu Phyoe Taung Nee Professor Daw Aye Than 1999 Sagar Pyaw Thaw Kotwin Ingar Myar Kyaw Zay Yaw (Pathein) I am Joe's body JD Ratcliff 1998 Nay Won Bayin Myar Kyaw Aung Lords of the Sunset Maurice Collis 1995 O Jerusalem! Kyaw Aung O Jerusalem! Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins 1986 Myanmar Pyi Thein Tike Pawe Aung Than (Mandalay) 1985 Anatahan Sein Khin Maung Yee Anatahan Michiro Maruyama
See also Myanmar National Literature Award
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