Winners
of 2008 literary awards announced
The
Dawn. May8, 2010
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan Academy
of Letters (PAL) Chairman Fakhar Zaman announced on Friday the names of
the national literary award winners for best books published and
translated in Pakistani languages during 2008.
Allama Mohammad Iqbal Award for best Urdu poetry was given to Faisal Ajmi
for his collection Samandar.
Baba-i-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq Award for the best Urdu prose was given to Dr
Mumtaz Ahmad Khan for Urdu Novel Ke Hamageer Sarokar.
Syed Waris Shah Award was given to Nazir Ahmad Kahut for his Punjabi book
Wahga.
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Award was given to Murad Ali Mirza for his book
Saami Sijja Warau in Sindhi language.
Khush’hal Khan Khattak Award was given to Farooq Sarwar for his Pushto
book Sagwan.
Mast Tawakli Award was given to Muneer Ahmed Badeni for his book
Shal-e-Gulain Bazaar in Balochi language
Khwaja Ghulam Farid Award was given to Qasim Sayyal for his Seraiki book
Pandh Pandheero Dey.
Taj Mohammad Tajal Award was given to Maulana Abdul Khaliq Ababaki for his
Brahvi book Sher Banz.
Saeen Ahmad Ali Award was given to Sultan Sakoon for his book Dilsothey in
Hindko language.
Pitras Bukhari Award was given to Maniza Naqvi for her English book A
Matter of Detail.
Mohammad Hassan Askari Award was given to Parto Roheela for his momentous
translation of the great Urdu and Persian poet Asadullah Khan Ghalib’s
correspondence in Persian – Kuliyat-i-Maktoobat-i-Farsi Ghalib.
Each award winner will get a cash prize of Rs100,000. The award ceremony
will be held within a month or two, the PAL chief said.
Mr Zaman also announced Pas-i-Zindan Awards, which would be bestowed at a
ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat on public figures who wrote
literature during their incarceration.
The award winners in this category are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for his book If
I am assassinated.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will also get this award for his book
Chah-i-Yousuf Se Sada. Javed Hashmi for Takht-i-Dar Kay Sai Talay, Tariq
Khursheed for Soey Dar –Kia Main Dehshatgard Tha, Hameed Akhtar for Kal
Kothri, Zafarullah Poshni for Zindagi Zindan Dili Ka Naam Hai and Habib
Jalib for Kuliyat-i-Habib Jalib. Each of the six writers will receive a
cash prize of Rs100,000.
