15 to get Bangla Academy Award

Fifteen individuals have been declared as recipients of the Bangla Academy Literature Award 2022.

The academy announced the names in a press release issued on Wednesday (January 25).

The awards will be given to 15 individuals for their contribution to Bangla literature, said the media release.

The awardees for 2022 are – Faruk Mahmud, Tarik Sujat (Poetry); Taposh Majumder, Parvej Hossain (Literature); Masuduzzaman (Essay/Research); Alam Khorshed (Translation); Milon Kanti Dey, Farid Ahmed Dulal (Drama); Dhrubo Esh (Children's Literature); Muhammad Shamsul Haque (Liberation War related research); Subhash Shingha Roy (Bangabandhu related research); Mokarrom Hossain (Science Fiction/Environmental Science), Ikhtiar Chowdhury (Autobiography/Travelogue), Abdul Khalek and Muhammad Abdul Jalil (Folklore).