Shawdesh Desk:

Ten literateurs have received Bangla Academy Literary Award 2021, according to media report.

They were given the awards in 10 categories at Bangla Academy in the capital on Thursday afternoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the Amar Ekushey Book Fair event virtually on Thursday afternoon.

State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, handed over the award on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to the literateurs who were nominated for Bangla Academy Literary Award- 2021.

The award winners are Muhammad Samad (poetry), Imtiar Shamim (literary fiction), Begum Akhtar Kamal (essay/research), Sureshranjan Basak (translation), Rabiul Alam (drama), Anjir Liton (children’s literature), Sahida Begum (research on Liberation War), Aparesh  Bandhopaddhaya (science/fiction), Ferdousi Majumder (autobiography) and Muhammad Habibullah Pathan (folklore).