Mirza Ghalib Award, commonly known as Ghalib Award, is a
literary award
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and an honor in India presented annually in the month of December by
Ghalib Academy (Ghalib Institute). It was established and named after a greatest Indian poet
Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet. Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, he also produced a significant body of work in Persian. Ghali ...
. The award seeks to recognize those writers and researchers who have made "meritorious contribution" to
Urdu
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and
Persian literature
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.
It carries an amount of cash reward
₹
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25,000 to 50,000 and an insignia along with a citation
and a certificate of commendation.
It is generally announced by the Ghalib Institute Award Committee after a consensus, comprising uncertain number of the members and is conferred upon poets, writers and researchers at Aiwan-e-Ghalib, an auditorium in
Delhi
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.
It is recognized one of the highest awards in
academic discipline
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, particularly in India.
Recipients
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Abul Kalam Qasmi, 2013.
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Bashar Nawaz
See also
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Ghalib Museum, New Delhi
Mirza Ghalib Museum, New Delhi is a museum on the life and times of the 18th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, under the aegis of the Ghalib Academy, New Delhi. The museum is situated in the vicinity of the tomb of the 13th century Sufi saint Khw ...
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Ghalib ki Haveli
Ghalib ki Haveli (ALA-LC: , ) is a haveli in Gali Qasim Jan (), Ballimaran, in the Chandni Chowk neighbourhood of Old Delhi. It was the residence of the 19th-century Indian poet Ghalib and is now a heritage site. Its Mughal architecture ref ...
References
Indian literary awards
Urdu literary awards
Ghalib
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