Jyoti Prakash, Mojaffor Hossain win literature award
Veteran writer Jyoti Prakash Dutta and young novelist Mojaffor Hossain have won the Exim Bank Anyadin Humayun Ahmed Literature Award 2017, says a press release.
While the former was awarded for his contributions to literature, the young writer received the honour for his short story collection “Otit Ekta Bhinnyadesh”.
The winners' names were announced at a press conference at Bangla Academy yesterday. Fortnightly magazine Anyadin, with support from Exim Bank, organised it.
Anyadin Editor Mazharul Islam said the award have been given every year since 2015, and this year the award giving ceremony would be held on November 12 at Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisarod Auditorium of Bangla Academy.
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