SAARC Literary Award
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 are some of the recipients of this award.[4] Nepali poet, lyricist and translator Suman Pokhrel is only writer to get this award twice. [5]
Award Recipients
The year wise list of the award recipients are as follows:
Year | Poet/Writer | Nationality |
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2015 | Sitakant Mahapatra | India |
2015 | Selina Hossain | Bangladesh |
2015 | Suman Pokhrel | Nepal |
2015 | Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary | Pakistan |
2015 | Aryan Aroon | Afghanistan |
2014 | Tarannum Riyaz | India |
2013 | Abhay K[6] | India |
2013 | Suman Pokhrel [7] | Nepal |
2013 | Farheen Chaudhary, | Pakistan |
2013 | Abdul Khaliq Rashid, | Afghanistan |
2013 | Daya Dissanayake | Sri Lanka |
2011 | Ibrahim Waheed, | Maldives |
2011 | Ayesha Zee Khan, | Pakistan |
2011 | Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar (posthumous) | |
2010 | Hamid Mir | Pakistan |
2010 | Abhi Subedi | Nepal |
2010 | Mark Tully | India |
2010 | Tin Tin Win, Ju | |
2009 | Jayanta Mahapatra | India |
2009 | Uday Prakash | India |
2009 | Kamaal Khan | |
2007 | Mahasveta Devi | India |
2006 | Ganesh Narayandas Devy | India |
2006 | Maitreyi Pushpa | India |
2006 | Zahida Hina | |
2006 | Laxman Gaikwad | India |
2006 | Tissa Abeysekara | Sri Lanka |
2001 | Shamsur Rahman | Bangladesh |
FOSWAL also confers "SAARC Young Writers Award" to the emerging poets and writers from South Asian countries. Khalida Froagh, Rubana Haq, Vivimarie Vanderpoorten, Nanda Tint Swe, Manu Manjil, Nayyara Rahman are some of its recipients.
References
- ↑ FOSWAL Website
- ↑ Five Writers honoured at SAARC Litearure Festival, Hindustan Times March 11, 2013
- ↑ Official website of SAARC:Apex and Recognized Bodies
- ↑ Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award Oneindia.in March 30, 2007
- ↑ Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Saturday, February 14, 2015
- ↑ Diplomat Abhay Kumar wins SAARC Prize Indiatimes.com March 13, 2013
- ↑ http://www.ekantipur.com/2013/03/11/capital/nepali-poet-bags-saarc-award/368260/
External links
- Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature
- FOSWAL Advisory Committee
- Diplomat Abhay Kumar wins SAARC Prize
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