Veteran language activist, literary personality, and Tagore researcher Ahmed Rafiq and litterateur, poet, and translator Mashrur Arefin are going to receive the “IFIC Bank Sahitya Puroshkar” for 2019.
Ahmed Rafiq has been selected as the best writer for his essay “Bhasha Andolon: Teknaf to Tetulia” and Mashrur Arefin for his novel “August Abchaya”. The award will be handed over to the selected writers through a formal ceremony very soon.
IFIC Bank has launched “IFIC Bank Sahitya Puroshkar” to encourage creative literature by recognizing the creative talents of contemporary living writers of Bengali language and literature with the slogan “IFIC Bank is a Companion of Creative Literature”.
IFIC Bank has been giving this literary prize since 2011 for the best two books of the first edition published in the Bengali language in Bangladesh from six branches of literature every year.
The selection committee, composed of eminent writers and literary critics, selects the best two books. The selected best authors are awarded with Tk 5 lakh (for each book), certificate of honour and crest.
