Staff Reporter :Eleven personalities of the country on Monday received Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar-2015. They were given the prizes in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.The Prime Minister gave the awards at the inaugural function of the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises. The PM also inaugurated the month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela. The recipients are: Altaf Hossain (poetry), Shaheen Akhtar (fiction), Abul Momen and Dr Atiur Rahman (jointly for essay), Moniruzzaman (research), Abdus Selim (translation), Tajul Mohammad (literature on Liberation War), Faruk Chowdhury (biography and travelogue), Masum Reza (drama), Sharif Khan (science, technology and environment) and Sujan Barua (juvenile literature).Bangla Academy Chairman and Professor Emeritus at Dhaka University Dr Anisuzzaman chaired the inaugural session. Bangla Academy Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan delivered the welcome speech.
