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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 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.[citation needed]

SAARC Literary Award
Award to individuals from SAARC Countries for contributions to Literature
Awarded forLiterary award in South Asia
Sponsored byFOSWAL
First awarded2001
Websitefoundationsaarcwriters.com

Award Recipients

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

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.

References

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  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. 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  3. ^ "SAARC Apex Bodies". South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  4. ^ "Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award". One India. 2007-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.
  5. ^ "Ganesh Devy". Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Mahashweta Devi to get SAARC literary award". One India. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  7. ^ Samir (2 July 2010). "Jayanta Mahapatra received SAARC literary Award for the year 2009". Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  8. ^ mnbcone (31 March 2011). "Ibrahim Waheed (Ogaru) receives SAARC Literary Award (30 mar 2011)". Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Chakraborty, Mridula Nath (26 March 2014). Being Bengali: At Home and in the World. Routledge. ISBN 9781317818908. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ ""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.
  11. ^ "Diplomat Abhay Kumar Wins SAARC Prize". India Times. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  12. ^ "Read online latest news and articles from Nepal". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 18 December 2016.[not specific enough to verify]
  13. ^ "Consular Affairs". Afghan Embassy. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08.
  14. ^ "SAARC Literary Award Goes to Riyaz". 2014.[dead link‍]
  15. ^ "Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award". The Daily Star. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  16. ^ "SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018". SAARC Cultural Centre Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  17. ^ "Nurul Huda receives SAARC Literary Award". 2019-10-26.
  18. ^ Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "Chador Wangmo receives SAARC literary award". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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