Bankim Puraskar

Bankim Puraskar (, 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 Chattopadhyay, a famous Bengali novelist of the 19th century. It has been brought under the aegis of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, functioning under the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, in 2003. The award is handed over by the Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Awardees 1975 – Prabodh Chandra SenPandey, S. N., West Bengal General Knowledge Digest 1982 – Gour Kishore Ghosh 1983 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – Sei Samay (novel, 2 volumes) 1984 – Sushil Jana<ref name="who">Dutt, Kartik Chandra, Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M, Sahitya Akademi, 1999</ref> 1985 – Prafulla Roy – Akasher Neeche Manush (novel) 1986 – Amiya Bhushan Majumdar – Rajnagar (novel) 1987 – Amalendu Chakraborty – Jabajjiban (novel) 1988 – Sachindranath Bandyopadhyay<ref name="who"/> 1990 – Dibyendu Palit 1991 – Kamal Kumar Majumdarকমলকুমার মজুমদার: স্বকীয় ধারার কথাশিল্পী , Dainik Destiny, January 15, 2010 – Galpasamagra (complete stories) (posthumous) 1992 – Abhijit Sen – Rahu Chandaler HarhSen, Abhijit, বালুরঘাট — সময়ের বালুবেলা , Samakal, December 17, 2010 (novel) 1993 – Shankar (Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay) – Gharer Madhye Ghar 1994 – Syed Mustafa Siraj – Aleek Manush (novel) 1995 – Manjush Dasgupta,<ref name="who"/> Sandipan Chattopadhyay 1996 – Nabarun Bhattacharya – Harbart (novel) (award returned in 2007 in protest against the Nandigram violence) 1998 – Atin Bandyopadhyay – Dui Bharatbarsha (novel) ... ... . – Bani Basu 2000 – Narayan Sanyal – Rupamanjari (3 volumes) (historical novel) 2001 – Samir Rakshit Dukher Akhyan (novel), 2001 – Amar Mitra – Ashwacharitঅলস দুপুর: কিভাবে বলব তার ওপর গল্প, উপন্যাসের হয়ে ওঠা বা না ওঠা নির্ভরশীল: কথাসাহিত্যিক অমর মিত্রের সাথে অনলাইন আলাপ (novel) 2002 – Chitta Ghoshal – Nirbachita Galpo volume 2 (selected stories) 2002 . – Tapan Bandyopadhyay – Nadi, Mati, Aranya (3 volumes) 2004 – Bhagirath Mishra – Mrigaya 2005 – Sadhan Chattopadhyay ... ... . – Nabendu Ghosh – Chand Dekhechhilo (novel) ... ... . – Swapnamoy Chakraborty – Abantinagar (novel) 2006 – Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay 2007 – Jhareswar Chattopadhyay – Sohish 2008 – Kinnar Roy – Mrittukushum, Nalini Bera 2010 – Afsar Ahmed – Hire Bhikharini O Sundori Ramoni Kissa 2010 – Anil Ghorai – Ananta Draghima (Study on the use of colors in the works and paintings of Rabindranath Tagore) 2011 – Rabisankar Bal – Dozakhnama (novel) 2012 – Kamal Chakraborty 2014 – Ramanath Royনজরুল তীর্থের নাম মানুষের মুখে মুখে ঘুরবে: মমতা , Aajkaal, May 27, 2014নজরুল তীর্থ দুই বাংলার সম্পর্ককে সুদৃঢ় করবে, বললেন মমতা , Ei Samay Sangbadpatra, June 13, 2014 2015 – Gautam Basu – Bengali Poetry 2016 – Abul Bashar

2017 – Balaram Basak 2018 – Subrata Sengupta 2022 – Harsha Dutta for Bengali Prose Fiction Literature 2023 – Jayanta Dey Annapurna (novel)https://www.deyspublishing.com/public/index.php/product/annapurna-m4fvn 2025 – Sanmatrananda

See also Rabindra Puraskar Ananda Puraskar List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali Bangla Academy Award

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