Ananda Puraskar Explained

The Ananda Puraskar is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.

History

The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of literary awards in Bengal. It was started on 20 April 1958 and has been given in the same month since. Initially, there were two awards, in memory of Prafulla Kumar Sarkar and Suresh Chandra Majumdar, the founders of Anandabazar Patrika. Another award was started in 1984 in memory of Ashok Kumar Sarkar to commemorate the golden jubilee of Desh. All three awards were merged in 2000.^[1]

Awardees

• 1958^[1] – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• .......Samaresh Basu (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial)
• 1960 – Pramathanath Bishi^{[1] [2]} – Kerry Saheber Munshi (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• 1961 – Syed Mujtaba Ali
• 1963 - Kalidas Roy
• 1966 – Sukumar Sen
• 1967 – Bimal Kar
• 1968 – Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya
• 1970 – Gour Kishore Ghosh
• 1971 – Satyajit Ray, Santosh Kumar Ghosh
• 1972 – Sunil Gangopadhyay^[3] – for general work
• 1973 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay^[4] – Manabjomin (novel)
• 1974 – Moti Nandi
• 1975 – Shakti Chattopadhyay^[5]
• 1976 – Buddhadeb Guha – Halud Basanta (novel)
• 1978 – Nikhil Sarkar
• 1979 – Syed Mustafa Siraj
• 1980 – Probodh Kumar Sanyal
• 1981 – Sanjib Chattopadhyay
• 1982 – Samaresh Majumdar
• 1983 – Annada Shankar Ray
• 1984 – Subhas Bhattacharya – Adhunik Bangla Prayog Abhidhan (A Dictionary of Modern Bengali Usage),
• .......Dibyendu Palit^[6] – Sahajoddha (novel),
• .......Sukumar Sen, Sagarmoy Ghosh, Bimal Mitra (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial)^[1]
• 1985 – Alokranjan Dasgupta
• 1986 – Ketaki Kushari Dyson^[7] – Rabindranath o Victoria Ocampor Sandhane (historical novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• 1988 – Abul Bashar
• 1989 – Sunil Gangopadhyay^[3] – Purbo-Paschim (novel)
• .......Amitav Ghosh – The Shadow Lines (novel)
• .......Nirad C. Chaudhuri – Thy Hand, Great Anarch! (autobiography)
• 1990 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay^[4] – Doorbeen (novel)
• .......Jay Goswami^[8] – Ghumiechho, Jhaupata? (poetry)
• 1991 – Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Jaya Mitra
• 1992 – Taslima Nasrin – Nirbachito Column (articles)
• 1993 – Bangla Academy (refused)
• .......Clinton B. Seely^[9] (Ashok Kumar Sarkar memorial)
• 1994 – Annada Shankar Ray,
• .......Shamsur Rahman,
• .......Anisuzzaman (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial),^[10]
• .......Naren Biswas^[11] – Aitihyer Angikar (Audio cassettes, 13 Nos.)
• 1995 – Dr. Nazrul Islam – Bakul (novel)^[12]
• 1996 – Akhtaruzzaman Elias – Khwabnama (novel)
• 1997 – Bani Basu^[13] – Maitreya Jatak (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• ........Ketaki Kushari Dyson^[7] & Sushobhan Adhikari – Ranger Rabindranath (on Tagore's colour vision) (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial)
• 1998 – Jay Goswami^[8] – Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo (novel in verse)
• 1999 – Mandakranta Sen – Hriday Abadhya Meye (poetry)
• 2000 – Taslima Nasrin – Amar Meyebela (memoirs)
• 2001^[14] – Gauriprasad Ghosh – Everyman's Dictionary
• 2002^[15] – Sudhir Chakraborty – Baul Fakir Katha (folk culture)
• 2003^[16] – Tilottama Majumdar – Basudhara (novel)
• 2004^[17] – Srijato – Uranto Sab Joker (poetry)
• 2005^[18] – Mihir Sengupta – Bishad Briksha (autobiography)
• 2006^[19] – Utpal Kumar Basu – Sukh-Duhkher Sathi (poetry)
• 2007^[20] – Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury – Hatir Boi (on elephants)
• 2008^[21] – Hasan Azizul Huq – Agunpakhi (novel)
• 2009^[22] – Ranajit Guha – Kabir Naam O Sarbanaam
• 2010^[23] – Sunanda Sikdar – Dayamayir Katha
• 2011^[24] – Gautam Bhadra – Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?
• 2012^[25] – Pinaki Thakur – Chumbaner Kshata (poetry)
• 2013^[26] – Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay – Dhanapatir Singhalyatra (novel)
• 2014^{[27] [28]} – Arindam Chakrabarti – Bhaatkaporer Bhabna Ebong Koyekti Aatpoure Darshanik Prayas (philosophy)
• 2015^[29] – Swapnamoy Chakraborty – Holde Golap
• 2016^[30] – Sudhir Dutta – Tabu Moi o Srestho Kobitaguccho
• 2017^[31] – Anisuzzaman – Bipula Prithibi (The Vast World)
• 2018 – Santosh Rana^[32] – Rajniti Ek Jibon
• 2019 – Nalini Bera – Subarnarenu Subarnarekha
• 2023^[33] – Dr. Purnendu Bikas Sarkar – Gitabitan Tathyobhandar

See also

• Rabindra Puraskar
• Bankim Puraskar
• Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
• Bangla Academy Award

External links

• Contributors to the Rabindranath Section of Parabaas, Biographical data in website of Parabaas Bookstore

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ananda Purashkar . ABP.
2. Book: Badiuzzaman . 2012 . Bishi, Pramathanath . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bishi,_Pramathanath . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
3. Web site: Welcome to the World of Sunil Gangopadhyay . 2012-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120831234821/http://www.sunilgangopadhyay.org/awards1.html . 2012-08-31 . dead .
4. Web site: Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay . Parabaas . 24 January 2019 .
5. Web site: Welcome to Muse India . 30 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130702034351/http://www.museindia.com/regularcontent.asp?issid=33&id=2196 . 2 July 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Dibyendu Palit.
7. Web site: Awards.
8. Web site: Joy Goswami - Biographical Sketch [Parabaas Translation].
9. Book: It Rained All Night. 9780143067511. Bose. Buddhadeva. 2010. Penguin Books India .
10. Web site: http://gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=13 . bn:আনিসুজ্জামান . Anisuzzarman . Dev . Soumitra . Sapheda . Farazi . . bn .
11. Web site: গুণীজন: গবেষক ও অধ্যাপক নরেন বিশ্বাস . 8 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304172653/http://goonijon.com/bangla/index.php?article=101&cat=%e0%a6%97%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b7%e0%a6%95&mod=article . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
12. News: Bhattacharjee . C S . 18 December 2011 . Nazrul Islam: Maverick lone ranger in West Bengal . The Sunday Indian . 28 March 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201124/http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/nazrul-islam-maverick-lone-ranger-in-west-bengal/99/26935/ . dead .
13. Web site: Bani Basu -- Bengali Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office). Library of Congress.
14. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1010422/22cal2.htm বৈশাখী সন্ধ্যায় অভিধানগ্রন্থকে আনন্দ সম্মান
15. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1020415/15cal1.htm আনন্দ পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন বাউল–ফকিরদের কথাকার
16. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1030427/27cal3.htm প্রবীণের উচ্ছ্বাস‚ নবীনের অঙ্গীকারে উদ্বেল আনন্দসন্ধ্যায় পুরস্কৃত তিলোত্তমা
17. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1040418/18cal1.htm আনন্দ–সন্ধ্যায় শ্রীজাতকে সাহিত্য–শিরোপা
18. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1050424/24cal2.htm অকপট আত্মজীবনীকে কুর্নিশ আনন্দ–সন্ধ্যায়
19. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1060430/30cal3.htm আত্মস্থ‚ মিতভাষ কবিকে আনন্দ শিরোপা
20. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1070415/15raj1.htm যুক্তিকে কুর্নিশ করছে আনন্দ পুরস্কার
21. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1080427/27cal1.htm হৃদয় ও মস্তিষ্কের মেলবন্ধনে উজ্জ্বল আনন্দসন্ধ্যা
22. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1090426/26cal1.htm আনন্দ-সম্মানই ঘরে ফেরাল প্রবাসী রণজিৎকে
23. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1100425/25raj1.htm নারীর 'সাদা' ভাষাকেই আনন্দ-অভিবাদন
24. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1110415/15cal1.htm বটতলায় গিয়েই আনন্দ ন্যাড়ার
25. http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1120429/29cal1.html কাব্যের আলো ছড়াল বিস্তৃত ভুবনডাঙায়
26. http://archives.anandabazar.com/archive/1130428/28binodan1.html হারানো শব্দের মায়ায় মুগ্ধ আনন্দ-সন্ধ্যা
27. http://www.anandabazar.com/state/ন-মযশ-র-স-খ-নয়-ব-শ-খ-আনন-দসন-ধ-য-য়-আনন-দ-সন-ধ-ন-1.21957 নামযশের সুখ নয়, বৈশাখী আনন্দসন্ধ্যায় আনন্দ-সন্ধান
28. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019205957/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140416/jsp/calcutta/story_18195147.jsp Ananda puraskar 1420
29. Web site: রূপান্তরকামীদের স্বপ্নের কথা বলে আনন্দ পুরস্কারে সম্মানিত 'হলদে গোলাপ'-এর স্বপ্নময়. 2015-04-25. 2016-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828150605/http://abpananda.abplive.in/sports/author-swapnamoy-chakraborty-receives-ananda-samman-for-novel-holde-golap-18777. 28 August 2016. dead.
30. Web site: চপ্পলবাহনা পুরাণের কবিকে আনন্দ-অর্ঘ্য. চক্রবর্তী. গৌতম. 2016-08-01.
31. News: Ananda Purashkar for Anisuzzaman. https://web.archive.org/web/20171205043618/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170430/jsp/bengal/story_149056.jsp. dead. 5 December 2017. The Telegraph. 2017-12-04.
32. Web site: গৌতম চক্রবর্তী . উত্তাল রাজনীতির অকপট স্মৃতিকে আনন্দ-অভিবাদন . 21 March 2024.
33. Web site: Service . Statesman News . 2023-04-30 . Award for noted eye specialist . 2023-06-30 . The Statesman . en-US.