Ananda Purashkar
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The Ananda Purashkar (literally Ananda Award) is an award for Bengali literature
awarded annually by Ananda Publishers
to writers using Bengali
, usually from West Bengal
, India
. Some of the recipients are mentioned below. Ananda Purashkar was awarded to Bangla Academy
, Bangladesh
in 1993 which Bangla Academy declined to accept.
Bengali literature
Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...
awarded annually by Ananda Publishers
Ananda Publishers
Ananda Publishers is a large publishing group with headquarters in Kolkata. It publishes numerous Bengali books by many renowned authors. It has one of the largest stalls in the Kolkata Book Fair, and is often awarded a prize for its stall. Ananda Publishers is the division of ABP...
to writers using Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, usually from West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Some of the recipients are mentioned below. Ananda Purashkar was awarded to Bangla Academy
Bangla Academy
Bangla Academy , established on 3 December 1955, is the national academy for promoting Bangla language in Bangladesh. The main office of the organization is located at the Burdwan House, once a part of the campus of the University of Dhaka, beside Suhrawardy Udyan.-History:The importance of...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
in 1993 which Bangla Academy declined to accept.
Awardees
- 1958 – Bibhutibhushan BandopadhyayBibhutibhushan BandopadhyayBibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay was one of the most famous Bengali novelist and writer of modern Bengali literature...
- 1961 – Syed Mujtaba AliSyed Mujtaba AliSyed Mujtaba Ali was a renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist. He was born in present Karimganj District Assam of undivided Sylhet in Bengal.-Education and early career:...
- 1966 – Sukumar SenSukumar SenProf. Sukumar Sen was a Bengali linguist. He had also vast knowledge in Pāli, Prakrit and Sanskrit. He wrote the book History of Bengali literature.-Work:...
- 1967 – Bimal KarBimal KarBimal Kar was an eminent Bengali writer and novelist.He received 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel Asamay.-Personal life and education:...
- 1968 – Gopal Chandra BhattacharyaGopal Chandra BhattacharyaGopal Chandra Bhattacharya was an Indian entomologist and naturalist known for his pioneering work on social insects and the role of bacteria in metamorphosis...
- 1970 - Gour Kishore GhoshGour Kishore GhoshGour Kishore Ghosh , was a celebrated Bengali writer and journalist.-Early life:Gour Kishore Ghosh was born in Hat Gopalpur village in the Jessore district in undivided bengal, , on the 22nd of June 1923...
- 1971 – Satyajit RaySatyajit RaySatyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
- 1973 – Shirshendu MukhopadhyayShirshendu MukhopadhyayShirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author who writes Bengali books. He has written stories for both adults and children.-Life:Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in Bikrampur , now in Bangladesh. He spent his childhood in Bihar and many places in Bengal and Assam accompanying his father, who worked...
- 1976 – Buddhadeb GuhaBuddhadeb GuhaBuddhadeb Guha is a popular Bengali fiction writer. He studied at the well-known St Xavier's College of the University of Calcutta....
– Halud Basanta (novel) - 1981 – Sanjib ChattopadhyaySanjeev ChattopadhyaySanjeev Chattopadhyay is a fiction writer. His style is characterized by use of short satirical sentences mixed with very lively language.-Childhood and education:...
- 1982 – Samaresh MajumdarSamaresh MajumdarSamaresh Majumdar is a well known contemporary Bengali writer. He spent his childhood years in the tea gardens of Duars, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. He was a student of the Jalpaiguri Zilla School, Jalpaiguri. He completed his bachelors in Bengali from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. His...
- 1983 – Annada Shankar RayAnnadashankar RoyAnnadashankar Roy , was a renowned Bengali author. He was born in Dhenkanal in Orissa, India.-Life:Passed B.A. in English from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Orissa. Started his literary career in Oriya. He was a poet of Sabuja Yuga in Oriya Literature. Later he shifted his writing to Bengali...
- 1984 – Subhas Bhattacharya, Dibyendu PalitDibyendu PalitDibyendu Palit is a Bengali writer of poems, novels, and short stories. His first story Chandapatan was published in 1955 in the Sunday edition of Anandabazar Patrika....
, Sukumar SenSukumar SenProf. Sukumar Sen was a Bengali linguist. He had also vast knowledge in Pāli, Prakrit and Sanskrit. He wrote the book History of Bengali literature.-Work:... - 1985 – Aloke Ranjan Dasgupta
- 1986 – Sunil GangopadhyaySunil GangopadhyaySunil Gangopadhyay , is a celebrated Indian poet and novelist.-Early life:...
- 1987 – Ketaki Kushari Dyson & Sushobhan Adhikari – Ranger Rabindranath (on Tagore's colour vision)
- 1988 – Abul BasharAbul BasharAbul Bashar is a popular Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India. He was born in 1951 in Hamarpur in Murshidabad district.Bashar is known for his Left-leaning stance and secularism.-Select bibliography:*Agnibalaka*Phool Bou...
- 1989 – Jay GoswamiJoy GoswamiJoy Goswami is an Indian poet. Goswami writes in Bangla and is widely considered as one of the most important Bengali poets of his generation.-Biography:...
– Ghumiechho, Jhaupata? (poetry) - 1990 – Shirshendu MukhopadhyayShirshendu MukhopadhyayShirshendu Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali author who writes Bengali books. He has written stories for both adults and children.-Life:Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay was born in Bikrampur , now in Bangladesh. He spent his childhood in Bihar and many places in Bengal and Assam accompanying his father, who worked...
– Doorbeen (novel) - 1991 – Subhash MukhopadhyaySubhas Mukhopadhyay (poet)Subhash Mukhopadhyay Subhash Mukhopadhyay Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Bangla: সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায় (February 12, 1919 - July 8, 2003) was one of the foremost Bengali poets of the 20th century.-Early life:Mukhopadhyay was born in Krishnanagar, a town in Nadia district in the province of West Bengal...
, Jaya Mitra - 1992 – Taslima NasrinTaslima NasrinTaslima Nasrin is a Bengali Bangladeshi ex-doctor turned author who has been living in exile since 1994. From a modest literary profile in the late 1980s, she rose to global fame by the end of the 20th century owing to her feminist views and her criticism of Islam in particular and of religion in...
– Nirbachito Column (articles) - 1993 – Bangla AcademyBangla AcademyBangla Academy , established on 3 December 1955, is the national academy for promoting Bangla language in Bangladesh. The main office of the organization is located at the Burdwan House, once a part of the campus of the University of Dhaka, beside Suhrawardy Udyan.-History:The importance of...
, Bangladesh : Bangla Academy declined to accept the award. - 1994 – Annada Shankar RayAnnadashankar RoyAnnadashankar Roy , was a renowned Bengali author. He was born in Dhenkanal in Orissa, India.-Life:Passed B.A. in English from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Orissa. Started his literary career in Oriya. He was a poet of Sabuja Yuga in Oriya Literature. Later he shifted his writing to Bengali...
, Shamsur RahmanShamsur RahmanShamsur Rahman was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of poetry and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature. He was regarded the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh... - 1995 – Debarati Mitra – Smriti Bole Kichhu Nei (poetry)
- 1996 – Akhtaruzzaman Elias – Khwabnama (novel)
- 1997 – Bani BasuBani BasuBani Basu is a Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic and poet. She was educated at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta....
– Maitreya Jatak (novel) - 1998 – Jay GoswamiJoy GoswamiJoy Goswami is an Indian poet. Goswami writes in Bangla and is widely considered as one of the most important Bengali poets of his generation.-Biography:...
– Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo (novel in verse) - 1999 – Mandakranta Sen – Hriday Abadhya Meye (poetry) Image
- 2000 – Taslima NasrinTaslima NasrinTaslima Nasrin is a Bengali Bangladeshi ex-doctor turned author who has been living in exile since 1994. From a modest literary profile in the late 1980s, she rose to global fame by the end of the 20th century owing to her feminist views and her criticism of Islam in particular and of religion in...
– Amar Meyebela (memoirs) - 2001 – Gauriprasad Ghosh – Everyman's Dictionary
- 2002 – Sudhir Chakrabarti – Baul Fakir Katha (folk culture)
- 2003 – Tilottama Majumdar – Basudhara (novel)
- 2004 – SrijatoSrijatoSrijato Bandopadhyay , is a popular poet of the Bengali younger generation. He won the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers...
– Uranto Sab Joker (poetry) - 2005 – Mihir Sengupta – Bishad Briksha (autobiography)
- 2006 – Utpal Kumar Basu – Sukh-Duhkher Sathi (poetry)
- 2007 – Dhritikanta Lahiri Chaudhuri – Hatir Boi (on elephants)
- 2008 – Hasan Azizul HuqHasan Azizul HuqHasan Azizul Huq is a Bangladeshi writer, reputed for his short stories. He was born on 2 February 1939 in Jabgraam in Burdwan district of West Bengal, India...
– Agunpakhi (novel) - 2009 – Ranajit GuhaRanajit GuhaRanajit Guha is a historian of South Asia who was greatly influential in the Subaltern Studies group, and was the editor of several of the group's early anthologies. He migrated from India to the UK in the 1960s, and currently lives in Vienna, Austria.His Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency...
– Kabir Naam O Sarbanaam - 2010 - Sunanda Sikdar - Dayamayir Katha
- 2011 - Gautam Bhadra - Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?
External links
- বৈশাখী সন্ধ্যায় অভিধানগ্রন্থকে আনন্দ সম্মান, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 22, 2001
- আনন্দ পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন বাউল–ফকিরদের কথাকার, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 15, 2002
- প্রবীণের উচ্ছ্বাস‚ নবীনের অঙ্গীকারে উদ্বেল আনন্দসন্ধ্যায় পুরস্কৃত তিলোত্তমা, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 27, 2003
- আনন্দ–সন্ধ্যায় শ্রীজাতকে সাহিত্য–শিরোপা, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 18, 2004
- অকপট আত্মজীবনীকে কুর্নিশ আনন্দ–সন্ধ্যায়, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 24, 2005
- আত্মস্থ‚ মিতভাষ কবিকে আনন্দ শিরোপা, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 30, 2006
- যুক্তিকে কুর্নিশ করছে আনন্দ পুরস্কার, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 15, 2007
- হৃদয় ও মস্তিষ্কের মেলবন্ধনে উজ্জ্বল আনন্দসন্ধ্যা, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 27, 2008
- আনন্দ-সম্মানই ঘরে ফেরাল প্রবাসী রণজিৎকে, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 26, 2009
- Contributors to the Rabindranath Section of Parabaas, Biographical data in website of Parabaas Bookstore
- বটতলায় গিয়েই আনন্দ ন্যাড়ার, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, April 15, 2011
See also
- Rabindra PuraskarRabindra PuraskarThe Rabindra Puraskar or the Rabindra Smriti Puraskar is the highest honorary literary award given in the Indian state of West Bengal. This award is administered by the Government of West Bengal under the aegis of the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy , Kolkata.The award is given for creative...
- Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali WritersSahitya Akademi Award to Bengali WritersSahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award...
- Bangla Academy AwardBangla Academy AwardBangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bangla language and literature....