Kamal-e-Fun Award

Pakistani annual literary award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kamal-e-Fun Award (Urdu: کمالِ فن ایوارڈ) is a lifetime achievement literary award presented annually by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL). The award was set up in 1997 and is given to Pakistani scholars for their entire literary career. The winner receives Rs. 10,00,000.[1][2][3][4]

Awarded forLifetime literary services
LocationIslamabad
CountryPakistan
Presented byPakistan Academy of Letters
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Kamal-e-Fun Award
Awarded forLifetime literary services
LocationIslamabad
CountryPakistan
Presented byPakistan Academy of Letters
First award1997
Websitepal.gov.pk
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Pakistan Academy of Letters

Pakistan Academy of Letters is a national institution with a primary focus on Pakistani literature. Inspired by the Académie Française, the academy was founded in July 1976 by a group of well-known Pakistani authors, poets, essayists, playwrights, and translators.[3]

Recipients

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Year Awardee Genre(s) Ref.
1997 Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Poetry and fiction [5]
1998 Intizar Hussain Novel [6]
1999 Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi Humor [7]
2000 Ahmad Faraz Poetry [8]
2001 Shaukat Siddiqui Novel and drama [9]
2002 Munir Niazi Poetry [10]
2003 Ada Jafri Poetry [11]
2004 Sobho Gianchandani Revolutionary writing [12]
2005 Nabi Bakhsh Baloch Research, Linguistics [13]
2006 Jamiluddin Aali Research, poetry and travel writing [14]
2007 Ajmal Khattak Poetry [15]
2008 Abdullah Jan Jamaldini Authorship [16]
2009 Lutfullah Khan Authorship, travel writing [17]
2010 Bano Qudsia Novel and fiction [18]
2011 Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo Research writing [19]
2012 Abdullah Hussain Novel [20]
2013 Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Novel [21]
2014 Fahmida Riaz Novel, poetry [22]
2015 Kishwar Naheed Poetry [23]
2016 Amar Jaleel Fiction and column writing [24]
2017 Jamil Jalibi Linguistics, Literary criticism [25]
2018 Muneer Ahmed Badini Novel [26]
2019 Asad Muhammad Khan Novel, poetry [27]
2020 Mustansar Hussain Tarar / Ashu Lal Faqeer Novel, poetry, travel writing [28]
2021 Zafar Iqbal (poet) Poetry [29]
2022 Hasan Manzar Novels, short stories [30]
2023 Iftikhar Arif Poetry [31]
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