10 get Bangla Academy Literary Award

The Literary Award of Bangla Academy for 2020 has been announced.

As per the announcement, a total of 10 persons in 10 departments will get the award.

Bangla Academy Director General Habibullah Siraji came up with the declaration at a press conference at Shaheed Munir Chowdhury conference room of the academy on Monday afternoon.

Those who will receive the award are Muhammad Samad (poetry), Imtiar Shamim (literary fiction), Begum Akhtar Kamal (essay/research), Sureshranjan Basak (translation), Rabiul Alam (drama), Anjir Liton( children’s literature), Sahida Begum (research on Liberation War),  Aparesh  Bandhopaddhaya (science/fiction), Ferdousi Majumder (autobiography) and Muhammad Habibullah Pathan (folklore).