Pakokku U Ohn Pe

Pakokku U Ohn Pe (; c. 1917 – 13 April 2008) was a Burmese businessman and writer who founded the prestigious Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award.

Early years U Ohn Pe was born around 1917 in Shardaw village near the town of Pakokku. He was the eldest of five siblings in a poor family. He only studied for a short time at a village monastery when he was about ten years old, learning basic reading and writing. He worked in various jobs including day labourer, betel nut seller, farm worker and timber worker. At the age of 29 he was arrested and thrown in prison for robbery. While he was in prison a sympathetic warden named U Maung Maung Tin helped U Ohn Pe develop an interest in reading. Later he founded the Pakokku U Ohn Pe Library in Pakokku. He also founded the Pakokku Outstanding Students Award, Pakokku Pharmaceutical Fund, Pakokku Fund for Fire and Pakokku Scholarship for the Poor. He also published a collection of articles in 2004. He died on 13 April 2008 at Pakokku Hospital in Magwe Division aged 92.