SAARC Literary Award

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SAARC Literary Award
Award to individuals from SAARC Countries for contributions to Literature
Awarded forLiterary award in South Asia
Sponsored by FOSWAL
First award2001
Website foundationsaarcwriters.com

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 ]

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Award Recipients

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

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Group photo of SAARC Literary Award 2015 recipients
Recipients of SAARC Literary Award 2013 Recipants of SAARC Literary Award 2013.jpg
Recipients of SAARC Literary Award 2013
YearPoet/WriterNationality
2001 Ganesh Narayandas Devy [5] Flag of India.svg India
Shamsur Rahman Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
2002 Laxmi Chand Gupta [ citation needed ]Flag of India.svg India
2006 Maitreyi Pushpa [ citation needed ]Flag of India.svg India
Zahida Hina Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Laxman Gaikwad Flag of India.svg India
Tissa Abeysekara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
2007 Mahasveta Devi [6] Flag of India.svg India
2009 Jayanta Mahapatra [7] [ better source needed ]Flag of India.svg India
Uday Prakash Flag of India.svg India
Kamaal KhanFlag of India.svg India
2010 Hamid Mir Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Abhi Subedi Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Mark Tully Flag of India.svg India
Ju Flag of Myanmar.svg Burma
2011Ibrahim Waheed [8] Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar (posthumous)Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
2012 Fakrul Alam [9] Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Ayesha Zee Khan [10] Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
2013 Abhay K [11] Flag of India.svg India
Suman Pokhrel [12] Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Farheen ChaudharyFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Abdul Khaliq Rashid [13] Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
Daya Dissanayake Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
2014 Tarannum Riyaz [14] Flag of India.svg India
2015 Sitakant Mahapatra Flag of India.svg India
Selina Hossain [15] Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Suman Pokhrel Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
Shahida ShaheenFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Nisar Ahmad ChaudharyFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Aryan AroonFlag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
2018Najibullah Manalai [16] Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
2019 Mohammad Nurul Huda [17] Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Ashraf Ali [17] Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives
Bhishma Upreti [17] Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal
2023 Chador Wangmo [18] Flag of Bhutan.svg 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

  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. 1 2 3 "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.[ permanent dead link ]
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