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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 to individuals from SAARC Countries for contributions to Literature
Awarded forLiterary award in South Asia
Sponsored byFOSWAL

Award Recipients

The year wise list of the award recipients are as follows:

 
Group photo of SAARC Literary Award 2015 recipients
 
Recipients of SAARC Literary Award 2013
Year Poet/Writer Nationality
2019 Mohammad Nurul Huda [6]   Bangladesh
2018 Najibullah Manalai [7]   Afghanistan
2015 Sitakant Mahapatra   India
2015 Selina Hossain[8]   Bangladesh
2015 Suman Pokhrel   Nepal
2015 Shahida Shaheen   Pakistan
2015 Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary   Pakistan
2015 Aryan Aroon   Afghanistan
2014 Tarannum Riyaz[9]   India
2013 Abhay K[10][11]   India
2013 Suman Pokhrel[12]   Nepal
2013 Farheen Chaudhary   Pakistan
2013 Abdul Khaliq Rashid[13]   Afghanistan
2013 Daya Dissanayake   Sri Lanka
2012 Fakrul Alam[14]   Bangladesh
2012 Ayesha Zee Khan[15]   Pakistan
2011 Ibrahim Waheed[16]   Maldives
2011 Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar (posthumous)   Pakistan
2010 Hamid Mir   Pakistan
2010 Abhi Subedi   Nepal
2010 Mark Tully   India
2010 Ju   Burma
2009 Jayanta Mahapatra[17]   India
2009 Uday Prakash   India
2009 Kamaal Khan   India
2007 Mahasveta Devi[18]   India
2006 Maitreyi Pushpa   India
2006 Zahida Hina   Pakistan
2006 Laxman Gaikwad   India
2006 Tissa Abeysekara   Sri Lanka
2002 Laxmi Chand Gupta[19]   India
2001 Ganesh Narayandas Devy[20]   India
2001 Shamsur Rahman   Bangladesh

References

  1. ↑ "Saarc Literary Awards". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02. FOSWAL Website
  2. ↑ "Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival - Hindustan Times". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-02. Five Writers honoured at SAARC Litearure Festival, Hindustan Times March 11, 2013
  3. ↑ [1] Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Official website of SAARC:Apex and Recognized Bodies
  4. ↑ Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine Oneindia.in March 30, 2007
  5. ↑ Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Saturday, February 14, 2015
  6. ↑ "Nurul Huda receives SAARC Literary Award".
  7. ↑ "SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018". saarcculture.org. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. ↑ "Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.savalt.com/2014/saarc-literary-award-goes-to-riyaz/[dead link]
  10. ↑ Diplomat Abhay Kumar wins SAARC Prize Indiatimes.com March 13, 2013
  11. ↑ Diplomat Abhay Kumar wins SAARC Prize
  12. ↑ "Read online latest news and articles from Nepal". Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Afghanembassy.in". Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  14. ↑ Chakraborty, Mridula Nath (26 March 2014). Being Bengali: At Home and in the World. Routledge. ISBN 9781317818908. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via Google Books.
  15. ↑ ""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.
  16. ↑ mnbcone (31 March 2011). "Ibrahim Waheed (Ogaru) receives SAARC Literary Award (30 mar 2011)". Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via YouTube.
  17. ↑ Samir (2 July 2010). "Jayanta Mahapatra received SAARC literary Award for the year 2009". Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  18. ↑ "Mahashweta Devi to get SAARC literary award". 30 March 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta (Joined GRMC-1957)". GRMC Alumni Association. 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Ganesh Devy". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

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