Mirza Ghalib Award, commonly known as Ghalib Award, is a
literary award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
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and an honor in India presented annually in the month of December by
Ghalib Academy (Ghalib Institute). It was established and named after a greatest Indian poet
Ghalib. The award seeks to recognize those writers and researchers who have made "meritorious contribution" to
Urdu and
Persian literature.
It carries an amount of cash reward
₹
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25,000 to 50,000 and an insignia along with a citation
and a certificate of commendation.
It is generally announced by the Ghalib Institute Award Committee after a consensus, comprising uncertain number of the members and is conferred upon poets, writers and researchers at Aiwan-e-Ghalib, an auditorium in
Delhi.
It is recognized one of the highest awards in
academic discipline, particularly in India.
Recipients
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Abul Kalam Qasmi
Abul Kalam Qasmi (20 December 1950 – 8 July 2021) was an Indian scholar, literary critic, and a poet of the Urdu language who served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University. He was the editor of ''Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq ...
, 2013.
See also
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Ghalib Museum, New Delhi
Mirza Ghalib Museum, New Delhi is a museum on the life and times of the 18th century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, under the aegis of the Ghalib Academy, New Delhi. The museum is situated in the vicinity of the tomb of the 13th century Sufi saint Kh ...
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Ghalib ki Haveli
References
Indian literary awards
Urdu literary awards
Ghalib
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