Bangla Academy Award

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Bangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bengali language and literature.^[1]

It was introduced in 1960 and recognized six categories: poetry, novels, short stories, essays, juvenile literature and translation. Beginning in 1985, two more awards were introduced to recognize overall contributions to Bengali language and literature.

At present, the Bangla Academy award is given in three fields:

• Poetry, novel, and short story
• Research, essay, and science
• Translation, drama, and juvenile literature

Recipients

• 1960 - Abul Mansur Ahmed, Farrukh Ahmed, Abul Hashem Khan, Md Barkat Ullah, Khan Md Moin Uddin, Askar Ibn Shaikh, Abdullah Hel Kafi
• 1961 - Ahsan Habib, Syed Waliullah, Mobin Uddin Ahmed, Md Abdul Hai, Nurul Momen, Begum Hosney Ara
• 1962 - Shawkat Osman, Sufia Kamal, Abul Fazal, Akbar Ali, Munir Chowdhury, Bonde Ali Mia
• 1963 - Abu Ishaque, Abdul Kadir, Abul Hussain, Ibrahim Khan, Qazi Kader Newaz
• 1964 - Obaidul Huq^[2]
• 1965 - Alauddin Al-Azad
• 1967 - Sarder Jayenuddin, Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
• 1968 - Al Mahmud
• 1969 - Nilima Ibrahim, Shamsur Rahman
• 1970 - Satyen Sen
• 1972 - Shohid Shaber Zahir Raihan, Rashid Karim
• 1973 - Rabeya Khatun
• 1974 - Syed Atiqullah
• 1975 - Razia Khan, Abul Hasan (for poetry)
• 1976 - Dilara Hashim
• 1978 - Rizia Rahman
• 1979 - Abdus Shakur (writer)
• 1980 - Selina Hossain
• 1981 - Humayun Ahmed, Abdul Mannan Syed
• 1982 - Nirmalendu Goon, Akhtaruzzaman Elias, Ghulam Murshid, Mamunur Rashid, Mustafa Nurul Islam
• 1984 - Rashid Haider, Belal Chowdhury, Rafikul Islam (Rafiq Azad), Muhammad Habibur Rahman
• 1985 - Raiyan-Ul-Hakim
• 1986 - Humayun Azad, Mohammad Rafiq
• 1987 - Asad Chowdhury, Dwijen Sharma
• 1988 - Muhammad Nurul Huda, Abubakar Siddique
• 1993 - Biprodash Barua, Habibullah Serajee
• 1993 - Bashir Al Helal, Khaleda Adib Chowdhury
• 1994 - Wakil Ahmed, Sikdar Aminul Haq
• 1995 - Syed Abul Maksud, Shariar Kabir
• 1996 - Mayeenul Ahsan Saber, Syed Manzoorul Islam
• 1997 - No one
• 1998 - Sanjeeda Khatun, Manju Sarker
• 1999 - Nasreen Jahan
• 2000 - No one
• 2001 - Kaysul Hoque (Poetry), Shamsuzzaman Khan (Research), Ali Imam (Children literature)
• 2002 - Zahidul Hoque, Mobarak Hossain Khan, Abu Saleh
• 2003 - Abdul Hye Sikder, Saeed-Ur-Rahman, Musharraf Karim
• 2004 - Amjad Hossain, Mojammel Hossain Mintu, Asaddor Ali, Zafar Alam, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Faridur Reza Sagar
• 2006 - Abul Kalam Mohammad Zakaria (research), Fakhruzzaman Chowdhury (translation), Moqbula Manzur (novel), Rezauddin Stalin (poetry)
• 2007 - Munzur-i-Mowla (poetry), Jatin Sarker (essay), Lutfar Rahman Riton (juvenile literature)
• 2008 - Mahbub Sadique(poetry), Dr. Karunamaya Goswami (research), Helena Khan (juvenile literature)
• 2009 - Arunabh Sarkar, Rabiul Hosain
• 2010 - Rubi Rahman, Nasir Ahmed, Bulbul Chowdhury, Khan Sarwar Murshid, Ajoy Roy, Shahjahan Kibria^[3]
• 2011 - Ashim Shaha and Kamal Chowdhury (poetry), Anisul Hoque [literature(Katha Sahitya)], Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed (Essay), Prof Biswajit Ghosh (Research), Prof Khaliquzzaman Ilias (Translation), Belal Muhammad (Literature on liberation war affairs), Dr Baren Chakrabarti (Travel story), Dr Ali Ajgar for (Science, technology and environment) and Akhter Hossain (Child literature)
• 2012 - Abid Anwar (Poetry), Sanaul Haque Khan (Poetry), Harishanker Jaldas (Folk literature), Sanath Kumar Saha (Essay), Sirajul Haque (Research), Fakrul Alam (Translation), Mahbub Talukder (Children’s literature), Mahbub Alam (Liberation War-related writings), and Tapan Chakrabarty (Science, technology and environment)^[4]
• 2013 - Helal Hafiz (Poetry), Mofizul Haq (essays), Jasmin Chowdhury and Provangshu Tripura (research-related works), Kaiser Haq (translation), Mahfuzur Rahman (autobiography/memoirs/travelogue), Shahidul Islam (writings on science, technology and environment), Kaiser Chowdhury (children’s literature) Aslam Sunny (children’s literature) and Harun Habib (Liberation War-related writings).^[5]

See also

• Bangla Academy
• Ananda Purashkar
• Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
• Rabindra Puraskar

References

1. ↑ Bangla Academy, from Banglapedia.
2. ↑ Rahman, S. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810874534. 
3. ↑ Rakib Ahammed (27 February 2011). "Six receive Bangla Academy award". The Daily Star. 
4. ↑ BD News 24, Bangla Academy Awards announced, Staff Correspondent, Date: 2013-02-18
5. ↑ http://www.banglamail24.com/english/index.php?view=details&news_type_id=1&menu_id=3&news_id=14569

External links

• Bangla Academy (official site)