Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards

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The Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award is an Iranian literary award presented yearly since 2008. Every year, an award is given to the best Iranian authors on the birthday of the renowned Persian writer Jalal Al-e Ahmad. The top winner receives 110 Bahar Azadi gold coins (about $33,000), making it Iran's most lucrative literary award. [1] In some years there is no top winner, other notables receive up to 25 gold coins. Categories include "Novel", "Short story", "Literary criticism" and "History and documentations". [2] The award was confirmed by the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council in 2005, [2] the first award was presented in 2008.

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Winners

2021 [3]


2008 [4] For works published in 2005-2006.

2009 [5]

2010

2011 [1]

2012 [6] [7]

2013

2014

2015 [10]

2016 [11]

Each winner received 10 Bahar Azadi gold coins.

2017 [12]

2018 [13] [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 " “War Road” author not surprised over lucrative Jalal award" Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine , Tehran Times, November 20, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "5000 works compete in 4th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Award" Archived 2012-04-07 at the Wayback Machine , Iran Radio Culture, IRIB World Service, August 17, 2011.
  3. "Documentation category books sole Jalal Literary Award winners". Tehran Times. 2022-02-02. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. "Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Award selects no winner" Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine , Tehran Times, November 24, 2011
  5. "No works deserve Iran’s most lucrative literary award this year", Mehrnews.com, Nov. 29, 2010.
  6. "Over 4000 works submitted for 5th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Award". Iran Book News Agency. 2 Oct 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. Staff writer (25 November 2012). "No winner selected for Iran's most lucrative literary awards this year". Tehran Times . Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  8. "اکبر صحرایی به "آروزی چهارم" رسید" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. "No Winner Announced for Jalal Ale Ahmad Award". Iran Book News Agency. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  10. Tehran Times Culture Desk (November 22, 2015). ""Fall Is the Last Season", "Well-Behaved Girl" share Jalal literary award". Tehran Times . Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. "Novel on blight of war tops at Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards". Tehran Times. December 25, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  12. "Five novels competing in Jalal Literary Awards". Tehran Times . December 29, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  13. "یازدهمین جایزه ادبی جلال آل احمد، برندگان خود را شناخت". adabiatirani.com (in Persian). December 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  14. Tehran Times (December 9, 2018). "Reza Amirkhani's "Salvation" named best novel at Jalal literary awards". Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.