Bangla Academy Award
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Bangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh. The award is given in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bangla language and literature.
Bangla Academy award was introduced in 1960. Until 1984, the award was offered in six categories including poetry, novel, short stories, essays, juvenile literature and translation. From 1985, two more awards were introduced to recognize two writers for their overall contributions to Bangla language and literature.
Currently, the Bangla Academy award is given in three fields:
- Poetry, novel, and short story
- Research, essay, and science
- Translation, drama, and juvenile literature
[edit] Recipients
- 1960 - Abul Mansur Ahmed, Farrukh Ahmed
- 1962 - Shahidullah Kaiser, Shawkat Osman
- 1963 - Abu Ishaque
- 1967 - Sarder Jayenuddin, Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
- 1969 - Nilima Ibrahim, Shamsur Rahman
- 1970 - Satyen Sen
- 1972 - Zahir Raihan, Rashid Karim
- 1973 - Rabeya Khatun
- 1975 - Razia Khan
- 1978 - Rizia Rahman
- 1980 - Selina Hossain
- 1981 - Humayun Ahmed
- 1982 - Nirmalendu Goon
- 1984 - Rashid Haider
- 1987 - Mohammad Rafiq
- 1988 - Mohammad Nurul Huda
- 1993 - Bashir Al Helal
- 1996 - Humayun Azad
- 1996 - Abu Rushd
- 2000 - Nasreen Jahan
[edit] See also
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