The Rabindra Puraskar (also Rabindra Smriti Puraskar) is the highest honorary literary award given in the Indian state of
West Bengal. This award is named after the famous Indian poet
Rabindranath Tagore and is administered by the
Government of West Bengal
The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...
under the aegis of the
Paschimbanga Bangla Academy
Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi ( bn, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বাংলা একাডেমি) is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in West Bengal, India. Modeled after Bangla Academy of Bangladesh and France's Acadé ...
(Bengali Academy of West Bengal),
Kolkata.The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
as well as other languages.
From 1950 to 1982 this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work of him. From 1983 to 2003 this award was conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement. In 2004 and 2005, again this award was conferred on one or more writers for a particular outstanding work. Since 2006 this award again is being conferred to one or more writers as a recognition of their lifetime achievement.
Sisir Kumar Das is missing from the list. He got the award twice, in 1976 and 1987.
Recipients
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1982
1986–2005
2006–2012
2013–2018
2020-Present
See also
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Ananda Puraskar
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Bankim Puraskar
Bankim Puraskar ( bn, বঙ্কিম পুরস্কার, Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of West Bengal for contribution to Bengali fiction. The award was instituted in 1975 in memory of Bankim Chandra ...
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Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, afte ...
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Bangla Academy Award
The Bangla Academy Literary Award ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার; ''Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar''), is given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius i ...
References
External links
Report of 2005 award North East Diary,
The Telegraph, 10 May 2005
Report of 2006 award Timeout,
The Telegraph, 3 July 2006
Report of 2006 award – ''President of AIIS receives Distinguished Award'', Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Bengali-language writers
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