Bangla Academy has awarded six prominent individuals for contributions in their literary and cultural fields.
Bangla Academy handed over the awards at a function at “Nazrul Mancha” on the premises of Bangla Academy on Friday. The awards were named after six prominent personalities.
Poet, writer and organizer Dr Tasikul Islam Raja received the Sa'adat Ali Akhand literary award 2021, Ornithologist Enam Ul Haque received Meher Kabir Bigyansahitya Puraskar 2021, Saumitra Chakravarty won the Halima-Sarfuddin Bigyan Lekhak Puraskar 2021, Ferdousi Mazumder Adhyapak Momtazuddin Ahmed Natyajan Puraskar 2021.
Besides, Sirajul Islam won the Sahityik Mohammed Barkatullah Prabandhasahitya Puraskar 2021 and Sukumar Barua won the Mazharul Islam Kabita Puraskar 2021.
Bangla Academy president Ramendu Majumder and Director General Poet Nurul Huda handed over crests, certificates of honour and cheque to the awardees.
Moreover, seven people were awarded Bangla Academy Honorary Fellowship-2021 at the event.
Recipients of the Fellowship are: Former Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, Poet Azizur Rahman Aziz, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) Founder Valerie A Taylor, Ustad Azizul Islam, Music Director and Composer Professor Sheikh Saadi Khan, Freedom Fighter and Dramatist M Hamid, Cultural Personality Golam Quddus.
Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar is given in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution to the field of Bengali language and literature.
