Humayun Azad Poetry Award will be presented from 2010 at the initiative of his family. It was announced to media at a press briefing at National Press Club on Tuesday.
Azad’s daughters Mouli Azad and Smita Azad and son Ananyo Azad and publisher of Agami Prakashani Osman Gani were present at the briefing.
‘From the next year, Humayun Azad Poetry Award will be handed over to a progressive, young poet of the country each year,’ Mouli informed the press.
She also said that the award would be free from political bias and on the basis of literary values.
Poets have to collect forms from Mouli Azad’s house at Japan Garden City in Mohammadpur by March 31, 2010. The applicants should have three books published to his or her credit each and they must be below 45 years of age for becoming eligible for the award. The award will consist of Tk 20 thousand and a crest.
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