Bankim Puraskar ( bn, বঙ্কিম পুরস্কার, Bankim Memorial Award) is the highest award given by the Government of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

for contribution to Bengali fiction. The award was instituted in 1975 in memory of

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (also Chattopadhayay) CIE (26 or 27 June 1838 – 8 April 1894) was an Indian novelist, poet, Essayist and journalist.Staff writer"Bankim Chandra: The First Prominent Bengali Novelist" ''The Daily Star'', 30 June 2011 ...

, a famous Bengali novelist of the 19th century. It has been brought under the aegis of

Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi 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 Académ ...

, functioning under the Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, in 2003. The award is handed over by the Chief Minister of

Awardees

*1975 – Prabodh Chandra Sen *1982 – Gour Kishore Ghosh *1983 –

Sunil Gangopadhyay Sunil Gangopadhyay or Sunil Ganguly (7 September 1934 – 23 October 2012) was an Indian poet, historian and novelist in the Bengali language based in the city of Kolkata. He is a former Sheriff of Calcutta. Gangopadhyay obtained his ma ...

– ''Sei Samay'' (novel, 2 vols.) *1984 – Sushil JanaDutt, Kartik Chandra
Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M

Sahitya Akademi The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government. Its of ...

, 1999 *1985 –

Prafulla Roy Prafulla Roy (born September 11, 1934) is a West Bengali author. He had to struggle hard to set foot in a new land. He traveled all over the country to experience the struggles of the people. And for this purpose he lived for some time among the ...

–
Akasher Neeche Manush
' (novel) *1986 –

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (Bengali: অমিয় ভূষণ মজুমদার) (22 March 1918 – 8 July 2001) was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, essayist and playwright. In a writing career spanning over four decades, Majumdar ...

– ''Rajnagar'' (novel) *1987 – Amalendu Chakraborty – ''Jabajjiban'' (novel) *1988 – Sachindranath Bandyopadhyay *1990 – Dibyendu Palit *1991 – Kamal Kumar Majumdar – Galpasamagra (complete stories) (posthumous) *1992 – Abhijit Sen – ''Rahu Chandaler Harh'' (novel) *1993 –

Shankar Shankar may refer to: People * Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name * Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer * L. Shankar, Indian violinist *S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar * San ...

(Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay) – Gharer Madhye Ghar *1994 – Syed Mustafa Siraj – ''Aleek Manush'' (novel) *1995 – Manjush Dasgupta,

Sandipan Chattopadhyay Sandipan Chattopadhyay (25 October 1933 – 12 December 2005) was an Indian Bengali writer. His 1961 book ''"Kritadas Kritadasi"'' changed the landscape of Bengali fiction and made his name. A staunch anti-establishment figure and a supporter o ...

*1996 –

Nabarun Bhattacharya Nabarun Bhattacharya (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an Indian writer in Bengali language. He was born at Berhampur, West Bengal. He was the only child of actor and playwright Bijon Bhattacharya and writer, activist Mahashweta Devi. His mat ...

– ''Harbart'' (novel) (award returned in 2007 in protest against the

Nandigram violence Nandigram Violence refers to the violence in Nandigram, West Bengal, India, in 2007 due to the land acquisition for a project taken up by the CPI(M)-led Government of West Bengal to create a chemical hub, a type of special economic zone (S ...

) *1998 – Atin Bandyopadhyay – ''Dui Bharatbarsha'' (novel) * ... ... . –

Bani Basu Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 bn, বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor. Life She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Chu ...

*2000 – Narayan Sanyal – ''Rupamanjari'' (3 vols) (historical novel) *2001 –

Samir Rakshit Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

-Dukher Akhyan (Novel), *2001 – Amar Mitra (writer), Amar Mitra – '' Ashwacharit'' (novel) *2002 – Chitta Ghoshal – ''Nirbachita Galpo'' vol. 2 (selected stories) * 2002 . –

Tapan Bandyopadhyay Tapan Bandopadhyay (born 7 June 1947) is an eminent Bengali novelist. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2022 for his novel ''Birbal''. Early life Tapan Bandyopadhyay was born in 1947 in Satkhira District. His family migrated from East Pakistan ( ...

– ''Nadi, Mati, Aranya'' (3 vols.) *2004 – Bhagirath Mishra – Mrigaya *2005 – Sadhan Chattopadhyay * ... ... . –

Nabendu Ghosh Nabendu Ghosh (27 March 1917 – 15 December 2007) was an Indian author in Bengali literature, and screenwriter. He has written screenplays of classic Bollywood movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas, Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam. He ...

– ''Chand Dekhechhilo'' (novel) * ... ... . –

Swapnamoy Chakraborty Swapnamoy Chakraborty (born 24 August 1951) is a Bengali novelist and essayist. Career Chakraborty was born in Kolkata. He worked in the Land Department under the Government of West Bengal and Akashvani Kolkata as an executive director. He starte ...

– ''Abantinagar'' (novel) *2006 –

Ramkumar Mukhapadhyay Ramkumar is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in Peraala's 1990 action film ''Aavesha''. The same year, he played a brief role in Rajendra Singh Babu's war film ''Muthina Haara'' ( ...

*2007 – Jhareswar Chattopadhyay – Sohish *2008 – Kinnar Roy – Mrittukushum, Nalini Bera *2010 –

Afsar Ahmed Afsar Amed (also written as Afsar Ahmed, 5 April 1959 – 4 August 2018) was an Indian Bengali writer. He wrote 27 novels and 24 books of other categories. Early life and education Amed was born on 5 April 1959. He pursued his post graduate ...

– Hire Bhikharini O Sundori Ramoni Kissa *2010 –

Anil Ghorai Anil Gharai (alt., Anil Ghařāi, Anil Gharai ( bn, অনিল ঘড়াই) is a Bengali writer from the state of West Bengal in India. He was born on 1 November 1957 in Rukminipur village near Egra in what is now Purba Medinipur Pur ...

–
Ananta Draghima
' (Study on the use of colors in the works and paintings of

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

) *2011 –

Rabisankar Bal Rabisankar Bal (1962–2017) was an Indian writer in the Bengali language, Bengali-language. He lived in Kolkata, and was a journalist by profession. He published more than twenty books in a range of genres including novels, short stories, poetry ...

– '' Dozakhnama'' (novel) *2012 – Kamal Chakraborty *2014 – Ramanath Royনজরুল তীর্থ দুই বাংলার সম্পর্ককে সুদৃঢ় করবে, বললেন মমতা
Ei Samay Sangbadpatra, June 13, 2014

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