Ananda Puraskar

The Ananda Puraskar (lit. 'Ananda Award') is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by the ABP Group to writers using Bengali, usually from West Bengal, India.

History

The award can be traced to a comment by Annada Shankar Ray ruing the absence of literary awards in Bengal. It was started on 20 April 1958 and has been given in the same month since. Initially, there were two awards, in memory of Prafulla Kumar Sarkar and Suresh Chandra Majumdar, the founders of Anandabazar Patrika. Another award was started in 1984 in memory of Ashok Kumar Sarkar to commemorate the golden jubilee of Desh. All three awards were merged in 2000.[1]

Awardees

• 1958[1] – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• .......Samaresh Basu (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial)
• 1960 – Pramathanath Bishi[1][2] – Kerry Saheber Munshi (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• 1961 – Syed Mujtaba Ali
• 1963 - Kalidas Roy
• 1966 – Sukumar Sen
• 1967 – Bimal Kar
• 1968 – Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya
• 1970 - Gour Kishore Ghosh
• 1971 – Satyajit Ray, Santosh Kumar Ghosh
• 1972 – Sunil Gangopadhyay[3] - for general work
• 1973 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay[4] - Manabjomin (novel)
• 1974 – Moti Nandi
• 1975 – Shakti Chattopadhyay[5]
• 1976 – Buddhadeb Guha – Halud Basanta (novel)
• 1978 - Nikhil Sarkar
• 1979 - Syed Mustafa Siraj
• 1981 – Sanjib Chattopadhyay
• 1982 – Samaresh Majumdar
• 1983 – Annada Shankar Ray
• 1984 – Subhas Bhattacharya - Adhunik Bangla Prayog Abhidhan (A Dictionary of Modern Bengali Usage),
• .......Dibyendu Palit[6] – Sahajoddha (novel),
• .......Sukumar Sen, Sagarmoy Ghosh, Bimal Mitra (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial)[1]
• 1985 – Alokranjan Dasgupta
• 1986 – Ketaki Kushari Dyson[7] – Rabindranath o Victoria Ocampor Sandhane (historical novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• 1988 – Abul Bashar
• 1989 – Sunil Gangopadhyay[3] – Purbo-Paschim (novel)
• .......Amitav Ghosh – The Shadow Lines (novel)
• .......Nirad C. Chaudhuri – Thy Hand, Great Anarch! (autobiography)
• 1990 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay[4] – Doorbeen (novel)
• .......Jay Goswami[8] – Ghumiechho, Jhaupata? (poetry)
• 1991 – Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Jaya Mitra
• 1992 – Taslima Nasrin – Nirbachito Column (articles)
• 1993 – Bangla Academy (refused)
• .......Clinton B. Seely[9] (Ashok Kumar Sarkar memorial)
• 1994 – Annada Shankar Ray,
• .......Shamsur Rahman,
• .......Anisuzzaman (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial),[10]
• .......Naren Biswas[11] – Aitihyer Angikar (Audio cassettes, 13 Nos.)
• 1995 – Dr. Nazrul Islam - Bakul (novel)[12]
• 1996 – Akhtaruzzaman Elias – Khwabnama (novel)
• 1997 – Bani Basu[13] – Maitreya Jatak (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• ........Ketaki Kushari Dyson[7] & Sushobhan Adhikari – Ranger Rabindranath (on Tagore's colour vision) (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial)
• 1998 – Jay Goswami[8] – Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo (novel in verse)
• 1999 – Mandakranta Sen – Hriday Abadhya Meye (poetry)
• 2000 – Taslima Nasrin – Amar Meyebela (memoirs)
• 2001[14] – Gauriprasad Ghosh – Everyman's Dictionary
• 2002[15] – Sudhir Chakraborty – Baul Fakir Katha (folk culture)
• 2003[16] – Tilottama Majumdar – Basudhara (novel)
• 2004[17] – Srijato – Uranto Sab Joker (poetry)
• 2005[18] – Mihir Sengupta – Bishad Briksha (autobiography)
• 2006[19] – Utpal Kumar Basu – Sukh-Duhkher Sathi (poetry)
• 2007[20] – Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury – Hatir Boi (on elephants)
• 2008[21] – Hasan Azizul Huq – Agunpakhi (novel)
• 2009[22] – Ranajit Guha – Kabir Naam O Sarbanaam
• 2010[23] - Sunanda Sikdar - Dayamayir Katha
• 2011[24] - Gautam Bhadra - Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar?
• 2012[25] – Pinaki Thakur - Chumbaner Kshata (poetry)
• 2013[26] – Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay – Dhanapatir Singhalyatra (novel)
• 2014[27][28] – Arindam Chakrabarti – Bhaatkaporer Bhabna Ebong Koyekti Aatpoure Darshanik Prayas (philosophy)
• 2015[29] - Swapnamoy Chakraborty - Holde Golap
• 2016[30] - Sudhir Dutta - Tabu Moi o Srestho Kobitaguccho (‘তাঁবু মই ও শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতাগুচ্ছ’)
• 2017[31] - Anisuzzaman - Bipula Prithibi (The Vast World)
• 2018- Santosh Rana - Rajniti Ek Jibon
• 2019 Nalini Bera - Subarnarenu Subarnarekha (‘সুবর্ণরেনু সুবর্ণরেখা’)

See also

• Rabindra Puraskar
• Bankim Puraskar
• Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
• Bangla Academy Award

References

1. "Ananda Purashkar". ABP.
2. Badiuzzaman (2012). "Bishi, Pramathanath". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay". Parabaas. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Dibyendu Palit".
7. "Awards".
8. "Joy Goswami - Biographical Sketch [Parabaas Translation]".
9. Bose, Buddhadeva (2010). It Rained All Night. ISBN 9780143067511.
10. Dev, Soumitra; Sapheda, Farazi. আনিসুজ্জামান [Anisuzzarman]. Gunijan Trust (in Bengali).
11. "গুণীজন: গবেষক ও অধ্যাপক নরেন বিশ্বাস". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
12. Bhattacharjee, C S (18 December 2011). "Nazrul Islam: Maverick lone ranger in West Bengal". The Sunday Indian. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
13. "Bani Basu -- Bengali Writer: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office)".
14. বৈশাখী সন্ধ্যায় অভিধানগ্রন্থকে আনন্দ সম্মান Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 22 April 2001
15. আনন্দ পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন বাউল–ফকিরদের কথাকার Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 15 April 2002
16. প্রবীণের উচ্ছ্বাস‚ নবীনের অঙ্গীকারে উদ্বেল আনন্দসন্ধ্যায় পুরস্কৃত তিলোত্তমা Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 27 April 2003
17. আনন্দ–সন্ধ্যায় শ্রীজাতকে সাহিত্য–শিরোপা Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 18 April 2004
18. অকপট আত্মজীবনীকে কুর্নিশ আনন্দ–সন্ধ্যায় Archived 15 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 24 April 2005
19. আত্মস্থ‚ মিতভাষ কবিকে আনন্দ শিরোপা Archived 20 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 30 April 2006
20. যুক্তিকে কুর্নিশ করছে আনন্দ পুরস্কার Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 15 April 2007
21. হৃদয় ও মস্তিষ্কের মেলবন্ধনে উজ্জ্বল আনন্দসন্ধ্যা Archived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 27 April 2008
22. আনন্দ-সম্মানই ঘরে ফেরাল প্রবাসী রণজিৎকে Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 26 April 2009
23. নারীর 'সাদা' ভাষাকেই আনন্দ-অভিবাদন Archived 11 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 25 April 2010
24. বটতলায় গিয়েই আনন্দ ন্যাড়ার Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 15 April 2011
25. কাব্যের আলো ছড়াল বিস্তৃত ভুবনডাঙায় Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 29 April 2012
26. হারানো শব্দের মায়ায় মুগ্ধ আনন্দ-সন্ধ্যা, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 28 April 2013
27. নামযশের সুখ নয়, বৈশাখী আনন্দসন্ধ্যায় আনন্দ-সন্ধান, Ananda Bazaar Patrika, 16 April 2014
28. Ananda puraskar 1420, The Telegraph (Calcutta), 16 April 2014
29. "রূপান্তরকামীদের স্বপ্নের কথা বলে আনন্দ পুরস্কারে সম্মানিত 'হলদে গোলাপ'-এর স্বপ্নময়". 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
30. চক্রবর্তী, গৌতম. "চপ্পলবাহনা পুরাণের কবিকে আনন্দ-অর্ঘ্য". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
31. "Ananda Purashkar for Anisuzzaman". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

External links

• Contributors to the Rabindranath Section of Parabaas, Biographical data in website of Parabaas Bookstore