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]

Kamal-e-Fun Award
Awarded forLifetime literary services
LocationIslamabad
CountryPakistan
Presented byPakistan Academy of Letters
First awarded1997
Websitepal.gov.pk

Pakistan Academy of Letters

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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 Intezar Hussain Novel [6]
1999 Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi Humor [7]
2000 Ahmed 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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "کمال فن ایوارڈ". Pakistan Academy of Letters (in Urdu). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ "PAL to announce 'Kamal-e-Fun' award today". The Nation. 20 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "PAL arranges number of events to promote Pakistani Literature". Daily Times. 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ Junaidi, Ikram (26 March 2021). "Name for Kamal-i-Fun Award finalised". Dawn.
  5. ^ [1] Dawn (Pakistan), Published 11 July 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2019
  6. ^ "I'm a man only of fiction" Intizar Hussain, Dawn, 23 April 2009
  7. ^ Fatima, Mehreen (20 June 2018). "In Excerpts: We're living in the era of Yousufi". Duniya News.
  8. ^ Abdullah, Farheen (August 25, 2020). "Remembering Ahmed Faraz". CutACut.
  9. ^ KARACHI: Shaukat Siddiqui gets award Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 July 2003, Retrieved 25 July 2018
  10. ^ "12th Death Anniversary Of Munir Niazi Being Observed Today". Abb Takk TV. December 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "Ada Jafri nominated for Kamal-e-Fun Award". Business Recorder. August 4, 2004.
  12. ^ "Subho Gyan Chandani gets literary award". Dawn. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Dr Nabi Bakhsh Baloch remembered". Dawn. April 14, 2011.
  14. ^ "Aaliji wins 'Kamal-e-Fun Award 2006'". Business Recorder. 10 August 2007.
  15. ^ "Ajmal Khattak gets Kamal-i-Fun award". Dawn. August 6, 2008.
  16. ^ "Abdullah Jan Jamaldeni awarded Kamal-e-Fun Award". Business Recorder. October 21, 2009.
  17. ^ Kamal-e-Fun Award given to Lutfullah Khan, Dawn newspaper, Published 3 November 2010, Retrieved 31 August 2019
  18. ^ Bari, Mavra (27 September 2012). "Honour: Lifetime achievement award for Bano Qudsia". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  19. ^ Masood, Tariq (19 December 2013). "Lifetime achievement: Ibrahim Joyo gets highest literary award". The Express Tribune (Pakistan).
  20. ^ "Renowned novelist Abdullah Hussain passes away". The Express Tribune. July 4, 2015.
  21. ^ "Nominations for Kamal-e-Fun Award". Dawn. June 11, 2015.
  22. ^ "Honour: Kamal-e-Fun Award goes to Urdu poet Fahmida Riaz". The Express Tribune. January 6, 2016.
  23. ^ "PAL announces 'Kamal-e-Fun Award' for 2015". The News. December 14, 2016.
  24. ^ "Famed Sindhi writer Amar Jaleel receives Kamal-i-Fun award". Pakistan Today. December 19, 2017.
  25. ^ "Renowned Urdu writer and scholar Jamil Jalibi passes away". Dawn. 18 April 2019.
  26. ^ "Munir Ahmed Badini wins top literary awards". 16 June 2020.
  27. ^ "PAL announces literary awards for 2019". The Express Tribune. March 26, 2021.
  28. ^ "PAL announces Rs5m awards for writers, poets". The News. 1 April 2022.