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7 writers receive Bangla Academy awards

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Published: 12:19, 1 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
7 writers receive Bangla Academy awards

Staff Correspondent: Seven writers have received Bangla Academy Sahitya Purashkar-2016, one of the prestigious literary awards in the country.

The award winners are - Poet Abu Hasan Shahriar, writer Shahaduzzaman, Morshed Shafiul Hasan for research, Niyaz Zaman for translation, MA Hasan for literatures on Liberation War, Noorjahan Bose for autobiography and Rashed Rouf for children's literature.
     
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the awards to the recipients on February 1. Each winner of the Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar would get TK 1 lakh cash, a crest and a certificate.

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