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SAARC Literary Award
SAARC Literary Award
Award to individuals from SAARC Countries for contributions to Literature
Awarded for	Literary award in South Asia
Sponsored by	FOSWAL
First awarded	2001
Website	foundationsaarcwriters.com

SAARC Literary Award is an annual award conferred by the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) since 2001^[1]^[2]^[3] Shamshur Rahman, Mahasweta Devi, Jayanta Mahapatra, Abhi Subedi, Mark Tully, Sitakant Mahapatra, Uday Prakash, Suman Pokhrel, and Abhay K have been some of the recipients of this award.^[4] Nepali poet, lyricist, and translator Suman Pokhrel is only writer to have been given this award twice.^{[citation needed]}

Award Recipients

The year wise list of the award recipients are as follows:

Year	Poet/Writer	Nationality
2001	Ganesh Narayandas Devy^[5]	India
2001	Shamsur Rahman	Bangladesh
2002	Laxmi Chand Gupta^{[citation needed]}	India
2006	Maitreyi Pushpa ^{[citation needed]}	India
	Zahida Hina	Pakistan
	Laxman Gaikwad	India
	Tissa Abeysekara	Sri Lanka
2007	Mahasveta Devi^[6]	India
2009	Jayanta Mahapatra^[7]^{[better source needed]}	India
	Uday Prakash	India
	Kamaal Khan	India
2010	Hamid Mir	Pakistan
	Abhi Subedi	Nepal
	Mark Tully	India
	Ju	Burma
2011	Ibrahim Waheed^[8]	Maldives
2011	Syed Akhtar Hussain Akhtar (posthumous)	Pakistan
2012	Fakrul Alam^[9]	Bangladesh
2012	Ayesha Zee Khan^[10]	Pakistan
2013	Abhay K^[11]	India
	Suman Pokhrel^[12]	Nepal
	Farheen Chaudhary	Pakistan
	Abdul Khaliq Rashid^[13]	Afghanistan
	Daya Dissanayake	Sri Lanka
2014	Tarannum Riyaz^[14]	India
2015	Sitakant Mahapatra	India
	Selina Hossain^[15]	Bangladesh
	Suman Pokhrel	Nepal
	Shahida Shaheen	Pakistan
	Nisar Ahmad Chaudhary	Pakistan
	Aryan Aroon	Afghanistan
2018	Najibullah Manalai ^[16]	Afghanistan
2019	Anisuzzaman^[17]	Bangladesh

FOSWAL also confers "SAARC Young Writers Award" to the emerging poets and writers from South Asian countries. Khalida Froagh, Rubana Huq, Vivimarie Vanderpoorten, Nanda Tint Swe, Manu Manjil, Nayyara Rahman are some of its recipients.

References

^ "SAARC LITERARY AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02. FOSWAL Website
^ "Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival". Hindustan Times. 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
^ "SAARC Apex Bodies". South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
^ "Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award". One India. 2007-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.
^ "Ganesh Devy". Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "Mahashweta Devi to get SAARC literary award". One India. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ Samir (2 July 2010). "Jayanta Mahapatra received SAARC literary Award for the year 2009". Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ mnbcone (31 March 2011). "Ibrahim Waheed (Ogaru) receives SAARC Literary Award (30 mar 2011)". Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via YouTube.
^ Chakraborty, Mridula Nath (26 March 2014). Being Bengali: At Home and in the World. Routledge. ISBN 9781317818908. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via Google Books.
^ ""The Three R's" by Ayesha Zee Khan-The Saarc Literary award 2012 Winner". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "Diplomat Abhay Kumar Wins SAARC Prize". India Times. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
^ "Read online latest news and articles from Nepal". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 18 December 2016.^{[not specific enough to verify]}
^ "Consular Affairs". Afghan Embassy. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08.
^ "SAARC Literary Award Goes to Riyaz". 2014.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award". The Daily Star. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018". SAARC Cultural Centre Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
^ "Nurul Huda receives SAARC Literary Award". 2019-10-26.

External links

[1] "SAARC LITERARY AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02. FOSWAL Website

[2] "Five writers honoured at SAARC Literature Festival". Hindustan Times. 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-02.

[3] "SAARC Apex Bodies". South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-18.

[4] "Mahasweta Devi to get SAARC Literary Award". One India. 2007-03-30. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.

[5] "Ganesh Devy". Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, Georgetown University. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[6] "Mahashweta Devi to get SAARC literary award". One India. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[7] Samir (2 July 2010). "Jayanta Mahapatra received SAARC literary Award for the year 2009". Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[8] (31 March 2011). "Ibrahim Waheed (Ogaru) receives SAARC Literary Award (30 mar 2011)". Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via YouTube.

[9] Chakraborty, Mridula Nath (26 March 2014). Being Bengali: At Home and in the World. Routledge. ISBN 9781317818908. Retrieved 18 December 2016 – via Google Books.

[10] ""The Three R's" by Ayesha Zee Khan-The Saarc Literary award 2012 Winner". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[11] "Diplomat Abhay Kumar Wins SAARC Prize". India Times. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2022-08-18.

[12] "Read online latest news and articles from Nepal". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 18 December 2016.^{[not specific enough to verify]}

[13] "Consular Affairs". Afghan Embassy. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08.

[14] "SAARC Literary Award Goes to Riyaz". 2014.^{[dead link‍]}

[15] "Selina Hossain wins Saarc Lit Award". The Daily Star. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[16] "SAARC Literary Award and Ceremony 2018". SAARC Cultural Centre Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-08.

[17] "Nurul Huda receives SAARC Literary Award". 2019-10-26.

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