Four get Bangla Academy Sahitya Puraskar

Four get Bangla Academy Sahitya Puraskar

Four personalities have been awarded with the Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar 2018 for their outstanding contributions to their respective field of literature.

Bangla Academy director general of Habibullah Siraji announced the names at a press briefing on Monday.

The recipients are — Kazi Rosy for poetry; Mohit Kamal for prose; Syed Mohammad Shahed for research; and Afsan Chowdhury for literature on independence war.

None is selected for translation; autobiography, memoirs, travelogue; science, technology and environment; drama; and children’s literature categories this year.

Usually the award, introduced in 1960, is given in 10 categories.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the awards to the recipients in the upcoming Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela on February 1.

Each winner of the Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar will get Taka two lakh cash, a crest and a certificate.