Twelve personalities have been named as recipients of the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puraskar 2017 for their outstanding contributions to their respective field of literature.
Director General of Bangla Academy Shamsuzzaman Khan announced the names at a press briefing at the Shamsur Rehman auditorium on Saturday.
The recipients are - Mohammad Sadik and Maruful Islam (poetry), Mamun Hossain (fiction), Professor Mahbubul Haque (essay), Professor Rafiqullah Khan (research), Aminur Rahman Bhuiyan (translation), Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan and Surma Jahid (literature on Liberation War), Shakur Majid (biography and travelogue), Maloy Bhoumik (drama), Moshtak Ahmed (science, technology and environment) and Jhrana Dash Purokhayshto (juvenile literature), news agency UNB reports.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the awards to the recipients in the upcoming Book Fair on February 1.
The winners will receive a cheque of Tk 0.10 million each this year while the recipients will get Tk. 0.20 million from next year.
