SAARC Literary Award
Appearance
SAARC Literary Award | |
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Award to individuals from SAARC Countries for contributions to Literature | |
Awarded for | Literary award in South Asia |
Sponsored by | FOSWAL |
First awarded | 2001 |
Website | foundationsaarcwriters |
SAARC Literary Award is an annual award conferred by the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) since 2001[1][2][3] Shamshur Rahman, Mahasweta Devi, Jayanta Mahapatra, Abhi Subedi, Mark Tully, Sitakant Mahapatra, Uday Prakash, Suman Pokhrel, and Abhay K have been some of the recipients of this award.[4] Nepali poet, lyricist, and translator Suman Pokhrel is only writer to have been given this award twice.[citation needed]
Award Recipients
[edit]The year wise list of the award recipients are as follows:
Year | Poet/Writer | Nationality |
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2001 | Ganesh Narayandas Devy[5] | India |
Shamsur Rahman | Bangladesh | |
2002 | Laxmi Chand Gupta[citation needed] | India |
2006 | Maitreyi Pushpa [citation needed] | India |
Zahida Hina | Pakistan | |
Laxman Gaikwad | India | |
Tissa Abeysekara | Sri Lanka | |
2007 | Mahasveta Devi[6] | India |
2009 | Jayanta Mahapatra[7][better source needed] | India |
Uday Prakash | India | |
Kamaal Khan | India | |
2010 | Hamid Mir | Pakistan |
Abhi Subedi | Nepal | |
Mark Tully | India | |
Ju | Burma | |
2011 | Ibrahim Waheed[8] | Maldives |
Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar (posthumous) | Pakistan | |
2012 | Fakrul Alam[9] | Bangladesh |
Ayesha Zee Khan[10] | Pakistan | |
2013 | Abhay K[11] | India |
Suman Pokhrel[12] | Nepal | |
Farheen Chaudhary | Pakistan | |
Abdul Khaliq Rashid[13] | Afghanistan | |
Daya Dissanayake | Sri Lanka | |
2014 | Tarannum Riyaz[14] | India |
2015 | Sitakant Mahapatra | India |
Selina Hossain[15] | Bangladesh | |
Suman Pokhrel | Nepal | |
Shahida Shaheen | Pakistan | |
Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary | Pakistan | |
Aryan Aroon | Afghanistan | |
2018 | Najibullah Manalai [16] | Afghanistan |
2019 | Anisuzzaman[17] | Bangladesh |
FOSWAL also confers "SAARC Young Writers Award" to the emerging poets and writers from South Asian countries. Khalida Froagh, Rubana Huq, Vivimarie Vanderpoorten, Nanda Tint Swe, Manu Manjil, Nayyara Rahman are some of its recipients.
References
[edit]- ^ "SAARC LITERARY AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02. FOSWAL Website
- ^ "Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival". Hindustan Times. 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ "SAARC Apex Bodies". South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award". One India. 2007-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.
- ^ "Ganesh Devy". Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Mahashweta Devi to get SAARC literary award". One India. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Samir (2 July 2010). "Jayanta Mahapatra received SAARC literary Award for the year 2009". Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ mnbcone (31 March 2011). "Ibrahim Waheed (Ogaru) receives SAARC Literary Award (30 mar 2011)". Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ Chakraborty, Mridula Nath (26 March 2014). Being Bengali: At Home and in the World. Routledge. ISBN 9781317818908. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ ""The Three R's" by Ayesha Zee Khan-The Saarc Literary award 2012 Winner". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Diplomat Abhay Kumar Wins SAARC Prize". India Times. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Read online latest news and articles from Nepal". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 18 December 2016.[not specific enough to verify]
- ^ "Consular Affairs". Afghan Embassy. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08.
- ^ "SAARC Literary Award Goes to Riyaz". 2014.[dead link ]
- ^ "Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award". The Daily Star. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018". SAARC Cultural Centre Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ "Nurul Huda receives SAARC Literary Award". 2019-10-26.
External links
[edit]- Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature
- FOSWAL Advisory Committee Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
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