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 fou ...

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 Acadé ...

, 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 Gour Kishore Ghosh (20 June 1923 – 15 December 2000) was a Bengali writer and journalist. Associated with ''Anandabazar Patrika'' for decades, Ghosh was known for his novels ''Desh Mati Manush'' and ''Prem Nei''. He was the first editor of ''A ...

*1983 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – ''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 –
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 Dibyendu Palit ( bn, দিব্যেন্দু পালিত; 5 March 1939 – 3 January 2019) was an Indian writer of Bengali poems, novels, and short stories. His first story ''Chandapatan'' was published in 1955 in the Sunday edition ...

*1991 –

Kamal Kumar Majumdar Kamal Kumar Majumdar ( bn, কমলকুমার মজুমদার) (17 November 1914 – 9 February 1979) was a major fiction-writer of the Bengali language. The novel ''Antarjali Jatra'' is considered his most notable work. Early life M ...

– Galpasamagra (complete stories) (posthumous) *1992 – Abhijit Sen – ''Rahu Chandaler Harh'' (novel) *1993 – Shankar (Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay) – Gharer Madhye Ghar *1994 –

Syed Mustafa Siraj Syed Mustafa Siraj (14 October 1930 – 4 September 2012) was an eminent Indian writer. In 1994, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel '' Mythical Man'' (''Aleek Manush''), considered his most lauded work. In 2005, his short story ...

– ''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 – ''Harbart'' (novel) (award returned in 2007 in protest against the Nandigram violence) *1998 –

Atin Bandyopadhyay Atin Bandyopadhyay or Atin Banerjee (1934–2019) was an Indian writer of Bengali literature. Early life He was born in 1934 in a Rarhi Kulin Brahmin family from Sammandi, Bikrampur, Dhaka. He spent his childhood in a joint family set-up in th ...

– ''Dui Bharatbarsha'' (novel) * ... ... . – Bani Basu *2000 –

Narayan Sanyal Narayan Sanyal (26 April 1924 – 7 February 2005) was an Indian writer of modern Bengali literature as well as a civil engineer. Biography Narayan Sanyal was born in Krishnagar to Chittasukh Sanyal and Basantalata Devi. His name was initiall ...

– ''Rupamanjari'' (3 vols) (historical novel) *2001 – Samir Rakshit-Dukher Akhyan (Novel), *2001 – Amar Mitra (writer), Amar Mitra – '' Ashwacharit'' (novel) *2002 – Chitta Ghoshal – ''Nirbachita Galpo'' vol. 2 (selected stories) * 2002 . – Tapan Bandyopadhyay – ''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 – ''Abantinagar'' (novel) *2006 – Ramkumar Mukhapadhyay *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 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 – '' Dozakhnama'' (novel) *2012 – Kamal Chakraborty *2014 – Ramanath Royনজরুল তীর্থ দুই বাংলার সম্পর্ককে সুদৃঢ় করবে, বললেন মমতা

Ei Samay Sangbadpatra ''Ei Samay Sangbadpatra'' () is a Bengali-language daily newspaper from The Times Group. It was launched as a broadsheet daily newspaper with a motive to enter into a head-to-head competition with ''Anandabazar Patrika''. It is owned and publi ...

, June 13, 2014

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