Alinkar Kyawswa

Alinkar Kyawswa (Burmese: အလင်္ကာကျော်စွာ) is the highest national honor of recognition of an individual for their artistic skills by the government of the Union of Myanmar.^[1] From 1949 to 2020, there were about 21 recipients of this award in Myanmar.

Recipients by year[]

1950[]

• Thakin Kodaw Hmaing — Burmese poet, writer, and 20th century political leader.^[2][3]

1953[]

• U Han Pa^[4] — hsaing musician
• U Baka Lay — one of the most famous musicians in the Mandalay music industry.
• Sayar Nyein — a modern harpist
• Saw Mya Aye Kyi — musician
• U Ngwe Kine — painter that had a strong influence on the next generation of artists, and his works are now treasured. He was posthumously recognized as one of the greatest painters in Myanmar.
• Shwe Man Tin Maung — traditional dancer

1955[]

• Ba Maung — hsaing musician
• Shwe Pyi Aye — musician
• Ba Than — Burmese musician
• Ba Gyan (b. 1902) — pioneering Burmese cartoonist; born in Nyaungdon. He created the first cartoon movie released in Burma in 1935. He created the cartoon films Kyetaungwa in 1934 and Athuya in 1935 jointly with cartoonist Hein Son.^[1][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.

1958[]

• — 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 (b. 1900) — prominent figure painter; born and lived in Mandalay.^[9]
• Sein Wai Hlyan — Burmese songwriter and singer. He was born the four of six siblings in Shwebo District,  , 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 (b. 1902) — writer, author, and director; born in Thegone Township, Pyay District, Myanmar. His father was Moe Aye and his mother was Daw Sein.
• Chin Sein (b. 1910) — Burmese writer and film director and actor; born in Nyaung U, Mandalay Region
• Nyar Na — a Burmese writer, author, and film director.

2020[]

• Sein Stine — hsaing musician

References[]

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