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 under the aegis of the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy (Bengali Academy of West Bengal), Kolkata.The award is given for creative literature, non-fiction and books about Bengal in Bengali 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 Year Name Work1950Satinath BhaduriJagari (Novel)Niharranjan RayBangalir Itihaas: Adi Parvaسر (History)1951Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (Posthumous)Ichhamati (Novel) Jogesh Chandra Ray VidyanidhiIndian Ancient Life (History)1952Brajendranath BandyopadhyaySangbadpatre Sekaler Katha, Bangla Samayik Patra, Sahitya-Sadhak-Charitmala etc. (History of Bengali Literature)Dr Kalipada Biswas & Ekkadi GhoshBharater Banaushadhi (Ayurveda)1953Bangalir Saraswat Abadaan: Bange Nabyanyay-Charcha (History of Sanskrit Literature)1954Rani ChandaPurna Kumbha (Travelogue)1955ParashuramKrishnakali Ityadi Galpa (Short Stories)Tarashankar BandopadhyayArogya Niketan (Novel)1956 Samarendranath Sen1957Dr Ramesh Chandra MajumdarThe History and Culture of the Indian People (History)Prabhat Kumar MukhopadhyayRabindra Jibani (Tagore Studies)1958Premendra MitraSagar Theke Phera (Poetry)Dr Suniti Kumar ChatterjiLatterature Mediavali & Moderne Del Sub Continente Indiano (History of Literature, Latin)Binoy GhoshPaschimbanger Sanskriti (Bengal Studies)1959Upendranath BhattacharyaBanglar Baul Gaan (Musicology)Haridas Mukhopadhyay and Uma MukhopadhyayOrigin of the National Education Movement (History)
1960–1969 Year Name Work1960Pramathanath BishiCarry Saheber Munsi (novel)Radhagobinda NathGoudiya Vaishnava Darshan (Vaishnava philosophy)1961Haridas SiddhantabagishMahabharat (translation)Swami PrajnananandaHistorical Development of Indian Music: A Critical Study (music)1962BanaphulHate Bazare (novel)Jitendranath BandyopadhyayaPanchopasana1963Subodh Chandra ChakabartyRamyani Vikhsya (travelogue)Suresh Chandra BandyopadhyayaSmritishastre Bangali (history)1964Mrityunjoy Prasad GuhaAkash O Prithibi (science)Bimal MitraKadi Diye Kinlam (novel)Shankar Nath Roy Bharater Sadhak (religion)1965Sukumar SenBharatiya Shahityer Itihas (history)Shachindra Nath BosePragaitihasik Manush (anthropology)Gajendra Kumar MitraPaush Faguner Pala (novel)1966Ashapurna DeviPratham Pratishruti (novel)Shanti Ranjan BhattacharyaBengali Hinduon ki Urdu KhidmaatAnirvanVed Mimansa1967Sharadindu BandyopadhyayTungabhadrar Teere (novel)Kalika Ranjan KanungoRajasthan Kahini (history)Prabas Jiban ChaudhuryTagore on Literature and Aesthetics1968Kalidas RoyPurnahuti (poem)Sukumar BoseHimalaya (travellogue)Charu Chandra SanyalThe Rajbansis of North Bengal (anthropology)1969Leela MajumdarAar KonokhaneNarayan SanyalAparupa Ajanta (cave painting)Gopendra Krishna BoseBangalar Laukik Debata (folk culture)
1970–1982 Year Name Work1971Ramapada ChaudhuriEkhoni (novel)1972Bibhuti Bhushan MukhopadhyayEbar Priyambada (novel)Paresh Chandra MajumdarSanskrita O Prakrita Bhashar Kramabikash (philology)1973Jyotirmayi Devi"Sonarupa Noy" (Collection of Short Stories), Article "Sahityik Jyotirmoyi Devi" -by Rimpa Sarkar, Published on 13 July 2013 in Bartaman Paper (Bengali), Kolkata,Amalendu Mitra"Radher Sanskriti" (Stories of Birbhum and their culture)1974Buddhadeb BasuSwagato Biday (poetry)Dr. Santimay Chatterjee and Enakshi ChatterjeeParamanu Jignasa (science)1975Achintyakumar SenguptaUttarayan (poetry)Gopal Chandra BhattacharyaBanglar Kitpatanga (entomology)Sri AnirvanVeda Mimamsa1977Dušan ZbavitelBengali Literature (literary history)1979Arun MitraShudhu Rater Shabda Noy (poetry)Geraldine ForbesPositivism in Bengal: A Case Study in the Transmission and Assimilation of an Ideology1981Binod Bihari Mukhopadhyay (posthumous)Chitrakar (painting)Susobhan SarkarOn the Bengal Renaissance1982Dinesh DasRam Gache Banobashe (poetry)
1986–2005 Year Name Work1986Radharani DeviAparajita Rachanabali (complete works)1987Ramendrakumar Acharyachoudhry Bramha O Putir Mouri1989Shankha GhoshDhum Legechhe Hrit-kamale (poetry)Ram Basu1994Khudiram DasChoddosho-Sal-o-Choloman Rabi (Bengali: চোদ্দশ সাল ও চলমান রবি)1995Pratul Chandra RakshitPeriye Elam (autobiography)Shakti Chattopadhyay (posthumous)1996Ajoy Home (posthumous)Chena Achena Pakhi (ornithology)1999Amitava DasguptaAamaar Nirabota, Aamaar Bhasha (poetry) Mangalacharan ChattopdhyayShreshtha Kobita2003Dr. Biswanath ChakrabortyAmake Cheno (Science)2004Palash Baran PalBigyan: Byakti, Jukti, Somoy O Somaj (science)2005Himani BannerjiInventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism (literature)Biman B. NathMohabishwer Prothom Aalo (Science)
2006–2012 Year Name2006Ralph W. NicholasTarun Sanayal2007Kazuo AzumaNalin Patel2008Manibhushan Bhattacharya2010Manindra Gupta (Manindra Lal Dasgupta)Asim Kumar MukhopadhyaySukanya SinhaPaul Detienne2011Amartya Sen2012Mridul Dasgupta (literature)Amit Chaudhuri (other than Bengali)
2013–2018 Year Name Work2013Ranajit DasFor overall contribution to Bengali poetry.2014Dr Sankar Kumar NathFor "Kolkata Medical College-r Gorar Katha O Pandit Madhusudan Gupta" in Science2014Sekhar Bandyopadhyay For Decolonisation in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post-Independence West Bengal, 1947-52 (London: Routledge, 2009; Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2012)2014Debarati Mitra2015Gautam BasuFor "Bengali Poetry"2018Boria MajumdarEleven Gods and a Billion Indians
2020–Present Year Name Work2022Shirshendu MukhopadhyayFor overall contribution2022Bikash SinhaFor overall contribution2022France BhattacharyaFor overall contribution2023 Sanjib Chattopadhyay For overall contribution
See also Ananda Puraskar Bankim Puraskar Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers Bangla Academy Award
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