SAARC Literary Award explained

SAARC Literary Award
Subheader:Award to individuals from SAARC Countries for contributions to Literature
Sponsor:FOSWAL
Firstawarded:2001

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.

Award Recipients

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

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Year Poet/WriterNationality
2001 Ganesh Narayandas Devy[5] India
Shamsur Rahman Bangladesh
2002Laxmi Chand Gupta India
2006 India
Zahida Hina Pakistan
Laxman Gaikwad India
Tissa Abeysekara Sri Lanka
2007Mahasveta Devi[6] India
2009Jayanta Mahapatra[7] India
India
Kamaal Khan India
2010Hamid Mir Pakistan
Abhi Subedi Nepal
Mark Tully India
Ju
2011Ibrahim Waheed[8] Maldives
Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar (posthumous) Pakistan
2012Fakrul Alam[9] Bangladesh
Ayesha Zee Khan[10] Pakistan
2013Abhay K[11] India
Suman Pokhrel[12] Nepal
Farheen Chaudhary Pakistan
Abdul Khaliq Rashid[13] Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
2014Tarannum Riyaz[14]
2015Sitakant Mahapatra
Selina Hossain[15]
Suman Pokhrel
Shahida Shaheen
Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary
Aryan Aroon
2018Najibullah Manalai [16]
2019Mohammad Nurul Huda[17]
Ashraf Ali
Bhishma Upreti
2023Chador Wangmo[18]

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SAARC LITERARY AWARDS . 2013-11-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103223413/http://www.foundationsaarcwriters.com/literature/saarc-literary-awards . 2013-11-03 . FOSWAL Website
  2. Web site: Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival. Hindustan Times. 2013-03-11. 2013-11-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110215810/http://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/books/five-writers-honoured-at-saarc-literature-festival/article1-1024426.aspx . 2013-11-10 .
  3. Web site: SAARC Apex Bodies. 2020-07-16. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 2022-08-18.
  4. Web site: Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award. One India. 2007-03-30. dead. 2013-11-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104051442/http://news.oneindia.in/2007/03/30/mahashweta-devi-to-get-saarc-literary-award-1175266266.html.
  5. Web site: Ganesh Devy. 20 January 2016. Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University. 18 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Mahashweta Devi to get SAARC literary award. 30 March 2007. One India. 18 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Jayanta Mahapatra received SAARC literary Award for the year 2009. Samir. 2 July 2010. 18 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Ibrahim Waheed (Ogaru) receives SAARC Literary Award (30 mar 2011). mnbcone. 31 March 2011. 18 December 2016. YouTube.
  9. Book: Chakraborty, Mridula Nath. [{{Google books|DUgsAwAAQBAJ|plainurl=yes}} Being Bengali: At Home and in the World]. 26 March 2014. Routledge. 9781317818908. 18 December 2016. Google Books.
  10. Web site: "The Three R's" by Ayesha Zee Khan-The Saarc Literary award 2012 Winner. 18 December 2016. 9 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809032351/http://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?115664-quot-The-Three-R-s-quot-by-Ayesha-Zee-Khan-The-Saarc-Literary-award-2012-Winner. dead.
  11. Web site: Diplomat Abhay Kumar Wins SAARC Prize. 2013-03-15. India Times. 2022-08-18.
  12. Web site: Read online latest news and articles from Nepal.. Kathmandu Post. 18 December 2016.
  13. Web site: Consular Affairs. Afghan Embassy. 2018-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165218/http://www.afghanembassy.in/en/the-embassy/sections/consular-affairs?id=276.
  14. Web site: SAARC Literary Award Goes to Riyaz. 2014.
  15. Web site: Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award. 11 February 2015. The Daily Star. 18 December 2016.
  16. Web site: SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018. SAARC Cultural Centre Sri Lanka. en-US. 2018-03-08. 2018-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231721/http://saarcculture.org/2018/01/25/saarc-literary-award-and-ceremony/. dead.
  17. Web site: Nurul Huda receives SAARC Literary Award. 2019-10-26.
  18. Web site: Newspaper . Bhutan's Daily . Chador Wangmo receives SAARC literary award . 2024-11-22 . Kuensel Online.

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