BRAC Bank and Daily Samakal launched the literary award in 2011 to inspire writers and litterateurs to further enriching Bangla literature with their creative works. Later, Young Writer's Award was dedicated in memory of late legendary novelist Humayun Ahmed.[1] It's also known as BRAC Bank-Samakal Shahitya Puroshkar. The award given in three categories:
- poetry and novel category
- essay, autobiography, travel story and translation category
- Humayun Ahmed Young Writer category
| BRAC Bank-Samakal Literary Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Presented by | BRAC Bank and Daily Samakal |
| Reward(s) | BDT 200,000 |
| First awarded | 2011-present |
| Website | www |
Since its inception the literary award has generated huge enthusiasm in literary community of Bangladesh. Each year in all category more than four hundred books submitted to get award. A total of 472 books were submitted in 2015 for the three categories.
Winners list
edit2011
edit- Syed Shamsul Haq
- Dravid Saikot
- Hasan Azizul Haq
2012
edit- Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman
- Bulbul Chowdhury
- Shuvashis Sinha
2013
edit- Moinul Ahsan Saber
- Mashrur Arefin
- Badrun Nahar [2]
2014
edit- Harishangkar Jaldas
- Sushmita Islam
- Muzib Erom[1]
2015
edit- Nirmalendu Goon
- Rajkumar Singha
- Swakrita Noman[3]
2016
edit- Ahmad Rafique
- Jyoti Prakash Dutta
- Mazhar Sircar[4]
2017
edit- Jatin Sarker
- Syed Manzoorul Islam
- Pias Majid[5]
2018
edit- Sanjida Khatun
- Selina Hossain
- Swaralipi[6]
2019
edit- Prof Serajul Islam Choudhury
- Helal Hafiz
- Mozaffor Hossain[7]
2020
edit- Afsan Chowdhury
- Mohammad Rofiq
- Ronjona Bishwas[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "3 litterateurs win 'BRAC Bank-Samakal Sahitya Puroshkar 2014'". Daily Sun. Dhaka. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ "BRAC Bank-Samakal Shahitya Puroshkar awarded". The News Today. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ "Three writers win BRAC-Samakal award". New Age. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ^ "Ahmad Rafique, Jyoti Prakash Dutta, Mazhar Sircar get BRAC Bank-Samakal Literature Award 2016". bdnews24.com.
- ^ "3 writers get BRAC Bank-Samakal literary award". New Age.
- ^ "Three win BRAC Bank-Samakal Literary Award". The Business Standard.
- ^ a b "Six litterateurs won Brac Bank-Samakal Literary Award for 2019, 2020". The Business Standard.