Kamal-e-Fun Award (

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: ) is a lifetime achievement

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award c ...

presented annually by

Pakistan Academy of Letters The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) () is a national academy with its main focus on Pakistani literature and related fields. It is the largest and the most prestigious learned society of its kind in Pakistan, with activities throughout the nat ...

(PAL). The award was set up in 1997 and is given to Pakistani scholars for their entire literary career. The winner receives Rs. 10,00,000.

Pakistan Academy of Letters

''Pakistan Academy of Letters'' is a national institution with a primary focus on

Pakistani literature Pakistani literature () is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947, emerging out of literary traditions of the South Asia. The shared tradition of Urdu literature and English lite ...

. Inspired by the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, the academy was founded in July 1976 by a group of well-known Pakistani authors, poets, essayists, playwrights, and translators.

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Pakistan Academy of Letters

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