Ten distinguished poets and writers have been selected to receive the prestigious Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024.
The announcement was made on Thursday by the Director-General of the Bangla Academy, Professor Mohammad Azam, following the approval of the Executive Committee.
The recipients of the award are:
Poetry: Masud Khan
Fiction: Salim Morshed
Drama & Playwriting: Shubhashis Sinha
Essays/Prose: Salimullah Khan
Children's Literature: Faruk Nawaz
Translation: G H Habib
Research: Mohammad Shahjahan Mia
Science: Rezaur Rahman
Liberation War: Mohammad Hanan
Folklore: Syed Jamil Ahmed
The award ceremony will be held at the grand opening of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025, where Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will formally present the awards to the honourees.
The selection of these literary luminaries was based on the recommendations of the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2024 Proposal Committee and the subsequent decisions of the Bangla Academy Literary Award Committee 2024, all of which were ultimately approved by the Bangla Academy Executive Committee.
