BRAC Bank-Samakal Literary Award winners pose with the guests at the award ceremony at a city hotel on Friday. Hasnat Abdul Hye, Aminul Islam Bhuiyan, Dhruba Esh and Umme Farhana have won the BRAC Bank-Samakal Literary Award for books published in 2023.
BRAC Bank and Daily Samakal have recognised writers and litterateurs for 13 years, inspiring them to enrich Bangla literature with their creative and intellectual works, says a press release.
Veteran writer and novelist Hasnat Abdul Hye was honoured with 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his lifelong contribution to Bangla literature.
Aminul Islam Bhuiyan won the award for his book titled 'Plato Probeshika' in essay, autobiography, travel story and translation category, Dhruba Esh won the award for his book titled 'Amader Porabastab Towner Dinratri' in the poetry and novel category, and Umme Farhana bagged the award for his book titled 'Talk To Me' in 'Young Writer' category.
The awards were announced at a ceremony held at a hotel in Dhaka on Friday. Bangla Academy President Professor Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq spoke as the chief guest at the ceremony. Managing Director of Ha-meem Group A K Azad, BRAC Bank's Vice Chairperson Faruq Mayeenuddin Ahmed, BRAC Bank's Deputy Managing Director & CFO M Masud Rana, Daily Samakal Editor Shahed Mohammad Ali and literary and eminent personalities of the country were present at the ceremony.
The 'Lifetime Achievement Award' winner carries a Tk 500,000 prize. Winners in the 'essay, autobiography, travel story & translation' and 'poetry and novel' categories each received Tk 200,000 and the 'Young Writer Award' Tk 100,000. The winners also received the crest and citation.
A total of 467 books were submitted for the three categories in 2023. A jury comprising Begum Akhtar Kamal, Faizul Latif Chowdhury, Abid Anwar, and Khalikuzzaman Elias selected the winning books.
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